ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. D1,084,327, issued on July 15, was assigned to AESCULAP AG (Germany).
"Thumb-guided hand piece for medical instrument shafts" was invented by Sven Barthelmes (Emmingen-Liptingen, Germany), Christoph Rothweiler (Donaueschingen, Germany), Stefanie Schabert (Aldingen, Germany), Jana Schuele (Leibertingen, Germany), Martina Hoefler (Trossingen, Germany), Stephan Bauer (Emmingen, Germany), Nicola Giordano (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany), Frank Radke (Tuttlingen, Germany), Oliver Koszel (Tuttlingen, Germany), Tim Meier (Muhlheim an der Ruhr, Germany), Benedikt Gloess (Essen, Germany), Felix Pott (Essen, Germany), Yunhong Chen (Muhlheim an der Ruhr, Germany) and Takashi Kondo (Dortmund, Germa...