ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,867, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH (Tuebingen, Germany).
"Medical instrument" was invented by Marc Mueller (Nagold, Germany) and Frederik Kleber (Wannweil, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument according to the invention for medical or surgical treatment of a human or animal patient comprises at least one tool suitable for influencing a patient, e.g. an electrode, which is or are located in the field of view of an optical element. The optical element is arranged inside a channel in which a fluid flow can be maintained or can be caused in distal direction. The light passage window of optica...