ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,612, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).
"Surgical instrument for transmitting torque" was invented by Matthias Bartsch (Schoenkirchen, Germany) and Tobias Boehm (Kiel, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument for transmitting torque is described. The surgical instrument comprises a torque receiving portion at a proximal end of the surgical instrument, a torque delivering portion at a distal end of the surgical instrument, and a flexible shaft extending between the torque receiving portion and the torque delivering portion. The flexible shaft comprises torq...