ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,097, issued on Feb. 24.
"Device for applying rubber bands in the human body" was invented by Loai Brijawi (Ludwigshafen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for applying rubber bands in the human body and in other living beings includes: an axial element having a first handle; a trigger movably mounted on the axial element having one or more handles for moving the trigger along the axial element wherein the trigger serves to pull a wire; and an assembly that has a spool for winding up the wire. The spool is tightly connected with the trigger by a gear mechanism formed in such a way that, when the trigger is pulled, the sp...