US Patent Issued to RIVERFIELD on Sept. 29 for "Forceps device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,023, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to RIVERFIELD INC. (Tokyo).

"Forceps device" was invented by Kyohei Takikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forceps device includes a grasping part, a support that holds the grasping part, a bearing mounted in a hole extending through the support, a first rotating shaft that is inserted in the bearing and turnably supports the support, a base member that holds the first rotating shaft, grasping-portion wires that transmit driving forces to move the grasping part, a support wire that transmits a driving force to turn the support about the first rotating shaft, first guide pulleys arrange...