US Patent Issued to LIVSMED on Aug. 18 for "Cartridge for surgical instrument and surgical instrument including the cartridge" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,365, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to LIVSMED INC. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Cartridge for surgical instrument and surgical instrument including the cartridge" was invented by Woo Jung Choi (Siheung-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes an end tool rotatable in at least one direction, the end tool including a jaw unit having a first jaw configured to accommodate a cartridge, and a second jaw facing the first jaw, a working member configured to be movable in a lengthwise direction of the first jaw, and a first elastic member disposed on a proximal side of the first jaw and configured to res...