ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,482, issued on July 22, was assigned to IMD TECH GMBH (Tettnang, Germany).
"Protective cover for a surgical instrument" was invented by Nils Diethelm (Schattdorf, Switzerland) and Benjamin Diethelm (Zurich, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective cover for a surgical instrument including an outer sheath for at least partially covering a head region of the surgical instrument inserted into the protective cover along its longitudinal axis, and a pulling device which is connected to the outer sheath in a force-transmitting manner and comprises a pulling element. The outer sheath has a dividing line which divides the oute...