US Patent Issued to Tuebingen Scientific Medical on Nov. 4 for "Trocar and minimally invasive surgery device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,398, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Tuebingen Scientific Medical GmbH (Germany).

"Trocar and minimally invasive surgery device" was invented by Marcus Braun (Weil im Schonbuch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trocar comprising a trocar housing, a drive unit designed and configured to move the surgical instrument, a coupling unit designed and configured to couple and uncouple the drive unit to and from an external drive source, the coupling unit comprising an input shaft being supported by the trocar housing, the input shaft being designed and configured to be driven by the drive source, and a transmission/gearbox designed ...