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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2021
Livsmed, Inc., Seongnam-si, KR;
Matthew P. Weber, Brighton, MI (US);
Deepak Sharma, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Zachary Zimmerman, Northville, MI (US);
Shorya Awtar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Duncan Geiger, Ottawa Hills, OH (US);
James Michael Licht, Boyne Falls, MI (US);
Srinivas Bidare, Novi, MI (US);
Pradeep Akkineni, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
LivsMed, Inc., Seongnam-si, KR;
Abstract
Many embodiments of a surgical tool are set forth herein that can be employed for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures and in remote access surgical procedures. The surgical tool has multiple bodies with one or more detachable structural interfaces that can be established between one or more pairs of the bodies. Certain locks, interlocks, and/or joints can be present in the surgical tool and among the bodies in various embodiments in order to provide certain functionalities during use.