ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,386, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Medical instrument" was invented by Christoph Rothweiler (Donaueschingen, Germany) and Jana Schuele (Kreenheinstetten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical instrument includes a handle with a fixed part and a movable part. A shaft extends between a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is releasably connected to the handle. The distal end has an instrument jaw that is openable and/or closable by actuation of the movable part. A push-pull element is guided axially in a cavity of the shaft and operatively connected proximally to the movable ...