US Patent Issued to Aesculap on Jan. 13 for "Medical instrument and method for producing a medical instrument" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,124, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).

"Medical instrument and method for producing a medical instrument" was invented by Tom Schweitzer (Tuttlingen, Germany), Janina Ackermann (Tuttlingen, Germany), Thomas Schmid (Messkirch, Germany) and Andreas Deutschendorf (Spaichingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical instrument, for example an impact instrument, and a method for producing a medical instrument. The medical instrument includes a proximal end and a distal end. A handle and a striking face facing in a proximal direction are arranged or formed on the proximal end. A tool instrument...