US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthineers, ODU on Nov. 11 for "Plug-type connector part with a handle element for steering the movement" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,017, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Erlangen, Germany) and ODU Gmbh & Co. KG (Muhldorf, Germany).

"Plug-type connector part with a handle element for steering the movement" was invented by Wolfgang Kraus (Nuremberg, Germany), Thomas Kundner (Hochstadt, Germany), Michael Buhn (Gars, Germany), Stefan Franzl (Toging, Germany), Andreas Heinz (Albaching, Germany), Markus Seidl (Kastl, Germany) and Dominik Weichselgartner (Vilsbiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug-type connector part is described. The plug-type connector part includes a rear part and an insertion part attached to or integrally f...