ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,622, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Heraeus Medical GmbH (Wehrheim, Germany).
"Ampule opener with multifunctional plunger" was invented by Sebastian Vogt (Wehrheim, Germany) and Thomas Kluge (Wehrheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for dispensing a liquid from a glass ampule, comprising a housing, a holder arranged in the housing for receiving a glass ampule, a projection which is arranged in the housing and designed and configured to break open a glass ampule which can be received in the holder, an outlet for dispensing a liquid from the housing, and a plunger movably arranged in the housing, wherein the plunge...