ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,047, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Handling tool for medical equipment" was invented by Arne Jansen-Troy (Stockach, Germany), Allan Maas (Constance, Germany), Daniel Kiessling (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany) and Matthias Henke (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handling tool is configured for gripping and/or handling medical equipment, preferably a container, more preferably a sterilization container. The handling tool includes a carriage and two prongs that are spaced apart in parallel and extend in a longitudinal direction at a right angle away from the carri...