ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,715, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Implant system" was invented by Thomas Pleil (Bad Duerrheim, Germany) and Thomas Scholten (Tuttlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant system includes at least two differing color-coded implants and at least two differing color-coded medical instruments. A color coding of the at least two instruments corresponds to a color coding of the at least two implants. The coding of the at least two medical instruments includes at least one coding element. The at least two medical instruments each comprise a first tool element and at least one second to...