US Patent Issued to National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University on March 17 for "Device with variable rigidity and surgical gripping device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,846, issued on March 17, was assigned to National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Tokyo).

"Device with variable rigidity and surgical gripping device" was invented by Yoshikazu Nakajima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to provide a device with variable rigidity and a surgical gripping device that make it possible to increase the range of change in rigidity by means of a simple structure, this device with variable rigidity is configured so as to comprise two flexible sheets (12, 14) that include: a base material (20) formed using a sheet-like elastic material and having a plurality of recesse...