ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,394, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"Micromanipulator" was invented by Dragos A Axinte (Nottingham, Great Britain), Erhui Sun (Nottingham, Great Britain), Andres A Gameros Madrigal (Nottingham, Great Britain), Abdelkhalick Mohammad (Nottingham, Great Britain), Tianyi Zeng (Nottingham, Great Britain), Max B Keedwell (Bristol, Great Britain) and Josue Israel Camacho Arreguin (Nottingham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micromanipulator for mounting on the end of a macromanipulator, the micromanipulator comprising: a connection plate with a at least a first and second motor connected to a rigid...