ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,009, issued on July 29, was assigned to pro med instruments GmbH (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany).

"Head stabilization device interface and joint assembly" was invented by Severin Moosmann (Friesenheim, Germany), Andreas Blum (Ehrenkirchen, Germany), Peter Forst (Emmendingen, Germany) and Matthias Esser (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint assembly and adapter couple with a head stabilization device about one or more circumferential toothed rings of the head stabilization device. This coupling provides rotatable adjustment of the head stabilization device about two degrees of freedom including a first longitudinal...