US Patent Issued to Creo Medical on March 24 for "Torque transfer unit" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,804, issued on March 24, was assigned to Creo Medical LTD (Chepstow, Great Britain).

"Torque transfer unit" was invented by George Christian Ullrich (Bethesda, Great Britain), Steven Thomas (Chepstow, Great Britain), Christopher Paul Hancock (Chepstow, Great Britain) and David Edward Webb (Bethesda, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments provide a torque transfer unit for rotating a flexible shaft. The torque transfer unit comprises an elongate track defining a track passage, and a key attachable to the flexible shaft and movable along the track passage. The key and the elongate track are configured to enga...