ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,583, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LivsMed Inc. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
"Surgical instrument capable of reverse drive" was invented by Woo Jung Choi (Siheung-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a surgical instrument capable of reverse drive. The surgical instrument includes: an end tool having at least one driving element activated by a wire; a power transmission unit that controls a linear movement of the wire based on a rotational movement of a conversion element in accordance with power from an actuator; and a shaft connecting the end tool and the power transmission unit. The surgical instrument is co...