US Patent Issued to AESCULAP on July 29 for "Clip applicator hand piece for medical instrument shafts" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. D1,086,454, issued on July 29, was assigned to AESCULAP AG (Germany).

"Clip applicator 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 (Essen, Germany), Benedikt Gloess (Muhlheim an der Ruhr Essen, Germany), Felix Pott (Essen, Germany), Yunhong Chen (Muhlheim an der Ruhr, Germany) and Takashi Kondo (Dortmu...