US Patent Issued to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE on April 14 for "Surgical instrument, medical tool set, and movement method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,420, issued on April 14, was assigned to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE (Otsu, Japan).

"Surgical instrument, medical tool set, and movement method" was invented by Shinji Imai (Otsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a surgical instrument that can easily bring the coracoid process into proximity with the scapular neck. A surgical instrument 1 of the present invention includes a shaft 2 extending in the first direction, and an inclined part 3 extending from the tip of the shaft 2 in the second direction. The second direction, in which the inclined part 3 extends, is inclined at an a...