US Patent Issued to LIVSMED on Sept. 8 for "End tool for surgical instrument" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,956, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to LIVSMED INC. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"End tool for surgical instrument" was invented by Jaeyeong Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Jung Joo Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Heejin Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Dongkyu Jang (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an end tool of a surgical instrument, and more particularly, to an end tool of a surgical instrument that is mountable on a robotic arm or manually operable for use in laparoscopic surgery or various other surgeries."

The patent was filed on Sept. 18, 2024, under Application No. ...