US Patent Issued to MEDICARDIO on Nov. 3 for "Surgical instrument" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,694, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MEDICARDIO Corp. (Kobe, Japan).

"Surgical instrument" was invented by Kaoru Takahashi (Kobe, Japan) and Gen Kurihara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument may include: a wrist joint connected to a shaft and including first and second joints; an end effector connected to the wrist joint; an elongate element connected to the end effector; at least four drive shafts; and a lever configured to move the elongate element. The at least four drive shafts comprise a first drive shaft configured to roll the shaft, second and third drive shafts configured to pitch the first joint and y...