ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,143, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH (Tuebingen, Germany).
"Medical thermofusion instrument" was invented by Jennifer Gander (Rottenburg, Germany), Stefan Kaupp (Tuebingen, Germany) and Felix Bob (Rottenburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current supply arrangement (22) is used for electrical supply of two electrodes (18, 19), as well as for mechanical force transmission in a thermofusion instrument. Due to the configuration of the two electrical conductors (23, 28) as upright arranged flat parts and the force concerned coupling thereof in an interlocking section (32), the electrical conductors ...