ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,570, issued on May 13, was assigned to Medartis Holding AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Surgical tool and surgical set" was invented by Barry Langer (Therwil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are surgical tools (10) comprising a surgical clamp (20) having at least two, preferably exactly two legs (21) and a base (22) connecting the legs (21). The tools (10) comprise one or more of the following further elements: a handle (30) integrally connected to the clamp (20), wherein the handle (30) is connected to the base (22) of the clamp (20) via at least one first predetermined breaking point (91); a drilling aid (40) having ...