US Patent Issued to Georgia Tech Research on Feb. 24 for "Steerable and flexible robotic endoscopic tools for minimally invasive procedures" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,970, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Steerable and flexible robotic endoscopic tools for minimally invasive procedures" was invented by Jaydev P. Desai (Atlanta), Yash Chetan Chitalia (Atlanta), Seokhwan Jeong (Atlanta) and Joshua J. Chern (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe part includes a base member defining a first bore. A first elongated elastic member includes a near end secured to the base member and extends therefrom to a far end and defines a channel in communication with the first bore and that runs lengthwise with the first elongated elastic member. A first tendon has ...