ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,033, issued on May 26, was assigned to LIVSMED INC. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
"Surgical instrument" was invented by Jung Joo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hee Jin Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Du Jin Bach (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an end tool including: a first jaw configured to rotate independently; a J11 pulley coupled with the first jaw and configured to rotate around a first axis formed at an end tool hub; a J16 pulley formed at one side of the J11 pulley and configured to rotate around a second axis formed at one side of the first axis; a J12 pulley and a J14 pulley formed at one side of the J16 ...