ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,154, issued on March 18, was assigned to Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH (Tuebingen, Germany).
"Surgical instrument" was invented by Felix Bob (Rottenburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operation device for operating a tool of a surgical instrument. The operation device has an operation element that is pivotably supported between an initial position and a working position. The operation element is movably coupled with the tool by means of a coupling device comprising a coupling link or consisting of a coupling link. The coupling link is elastically deformable and effectuates a resetting torque due to the elastic deformation in ...