ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,640, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Expandable holder sleeve, and tool set" was invented by Eda Ay-Becker (Mengen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool set for plug-in holding of surgical tools includes an expander holder and a retaining device. The expander holder includes fastening portions that directly cooperate with a perforated plate of the retaining device for fastening to the perforated plate and gripping around the perforated plate in a radially clamping manner such that the fastening portions axially engage behind the perforated plate material in a thickness direction of the ...