ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,908, issued on March 17, was assigned to Dal Pont Medical S.r.l.s. (Treviso, Italy).
"Surgical microscope" was invented by Franco Dal Pont (Treviso, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical microscope having an optical body connected to a holder by a hinge, and a balancing device. The device includes a counterweight, connected in at least one connection point to the optical body of the surgical microscope through a support which allows the free rotation of the counterweight around the connection point so as to balance the weight distribution of the optical body (with respect to the hinge and prevent unwanted rotations of the ...