US Patent Issued to MEDICAL MICROINSTRUMENTS on July 28 for "Surgical cutting instrument for robotic surgery and method" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,883, issued on July 28, was assigned to MEDICAL MICROINSTRUMENTS INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Surgical cutting instrument for robotic surgery and method" was invented by Giorgio Lazzari (Pisa, Italy) and Massimiliano Simi (Pisa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical cutting instrument including a connection link connected to the distal end of a shaft having a body including integral convex ruled surfaces of connection, a first distal connecting portion; a support link articulated to the connection link and having convex ruled surfaces. A proximal connecting portion articulated to the first connection link defines a proximal ro...