ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,129, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to LIVSMED INC. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
"Surgical instrument" was invented by Mi Ryoung Choi (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Jae Yeong Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Woo Jung Choi (Siheung-si, South Korea), Hee Jin Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hoon Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Jin Park (Siheung-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a manipulation part coupled to an end tool connection part and formed to control an operation of an end tool, and a driving unit formed to be detachably attached to the manipulation part and formed to supply a driving forc...