ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,413, issued on March 24, was assigned to BAK KOHLER MEDICAL KG (Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany).
"Surgical instrument" was invented by Klaus Stump (Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany) and Andreas Kohler (Eigeltingen/Honstetten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a surgical instrument for punching bones, including a shaft having a first cutting element, a sliding part having a second cutting element slidably arranged on the shaft in a working position, and a folding device for beak-like unfolding of the sliding part and the shaft in a cleaning position, including a spreading device for spreading the sliding pa...