ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,297, issued on July 8, was assigned to RIVERFIELD INC. (Tokyo).

"Surgery assistance device with backup power supply" was invented by Yoshihiro Ishikawa (Tokyo) and Satoshi Kano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgery assistance device includes a battery, loads, a manual switch, a power supply, and a backup power supply. The power supply is connected to a mains power supply and to the loads, and outputs a first power supply voltage to the loads. The manual switch is connected to a portion of the loads. The backup power supply is connected to the battery and to the manual switch, and outputs a second power supply voltage to the ...