ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,553, issued on June 3, was assigned to Castus Sterile Systems GmbH & Co. KG (Ochsenhausen, Germany).
"Device for hoisting loads" was invented by Eric Netzhammer (Arlesheim, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning system for horizontal and vertical positioning of loads located on a trolley is preferably used to dock containers filled with cleaned and sterilized small parts to a transfer device. For this purpose, a lifting device is arranged on the trolley for vertical movement of the container. A pull-in device causes the trolley to move horizontally to the position required for docking."
The patent was filed on March...