ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,918, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ROEN Surgical Inc. (Daejeon, South Korea) and KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Stiffness-reinforced surgical system and control method thereof" was invented by Dong Soo Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Han Soul Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Min You (Daejeon, South Korea) and Duk Yoo Kong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a stiffness-reinforced surgical system. A stiffness-reinforced surgical system includes a plurality of links provided rotatably with each other to form a joint device, a main tendon configured to form a t...