ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,226, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Medical device and cooling-fluid/rinsing-fluid hose" was invented by Roland-Alois Hoegerle (Tuttlingen, Germany), Andre Buerk (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany), Uwe Schaz (Neuhausen, Germany), Martin Machill (Rietheim-Weilheim, Germany), Simone Hermle (VS-Villingen, Germany) and Saul Dufoo Ochoa (Tuttlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device, a cooling-fluid/rinsing-fluid hose, and a method for using a medical device. The medical device includes a handpiece with an interior enclosed by a handpiece housing, preferably for receiving a driv...