US Patent Issued to SONY GROUP on May 20 for "Surgical tool, surgery support system, and surgical operating unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,155, issued on May 20, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Surgical tool, surgery support system, and surgical operating unit" was invented by Kazuhito Wakana (Tokyo) and Kazuo Hongo (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tool having an open-close end effector is to be provided. The surgical tool includes: a shaft; a wrist that is connected to the shaft rotatably about a first axis; a first jaw member and a second jaw member, each of which is supported rotatably about a second axis; and an elastic member that applies a repulsive force between the first jaw member and the second jaw member. The surgical tool further i...