ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,965, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to RIVERFIELD INC. (Tokyo).
"Medical operation apparatus" was invented by Masataka Suzuki (Tokyo) and Kotaro Tadano (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical operation apparatus includes a body graspable by an operator, an operation part that is arranged to enable a part of the operation part to be moved relative to the body, and a holder that receives the fingers of the operator and transmits a movement of the fingers to the operation part. The holder includes a contact portion that comes in contact with the body, and a connector that supports a relative posture of the holder and the operat...