US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ on Sept. 2 for "Input unit for a medical instrument and medical system with an input unit" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,869, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG (Tuttlingen, Germany).

"Input unit for a medical instrument and medical system with an input unit" was invented by Sven Axel Gruner (Tuttlingen, Germany), Janosz Schneider (Tuttlingen, Germany), Dominik Langle (Tuttlingen, Germany), Jochen Stefan (Tuttlingen, Germany) and Thorsten Ahrens (Tuttlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One exemplary embodiment relates to an input unit (10) for operating a medical instrument (12) with a hollow shaft (14) extending along a longitudinal axis (L) for receiving guide wires (20), with a tool (16) arranged on the distal side ...