ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,707, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to B. Braun New Ventures GmbH (Freiburg, Germany).
"Medical quick coupling system for attaching a guide sleeve without tools" was invented by Lukas Hahn (Sigmaringen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical quick coupling system includes a guide sleeve into which a medical instrument or medical device can be received and aligned or oriented. A quick coupling includes a radially inner carrier sleeve, in which the guide sleeve can be received and aligned or oriented, and a radially outer actuating sleeve that is movable relative to the carrier sleeve, with a receiving position and a fixing po...