ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,438, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH (Tuebingen, Germany).
"Applicator with dosing unit" was invented by Andreas Fech (Tuebingen, Germany), Frederik Kleber (Wannweil, Germany) and Walter Linzenbold (Boeblingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument having a dosing unit connected to a handle or housing of instrument. The dosing unit may include a reusable actuator with a drive unit and a single-use cartridge. The Cartridge may have a cylinder and a piston, and may be filled by a user prior to the intervention or may be prefilled by the manufacturer. The dosing unit is brought into an open posit...