ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,432, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to RIVERFIELD INC. (Tokyo).
"Surgical instrument for surgical assist robot" was invented by Kyohei Takikawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument of the present disclosure includes: a conductive cable member formed into a cable-like shape; a conductive outer shell covering a circumference of the cable member; first and second insulating portions made of materials having higher insulation properties than the cable member and the outer shell; a projecting portion projecting from a projecting insulating portion, which is one of the first and second insulating portions, toward a re...