ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,311, issued on March 3, was assigned to KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG (Tuttlingen, Germany).

"Adjustment device for adjusting optical components of an optical instrument and device arrangement" was invented by Carolin Diemer (Tuttlingen, Germany), Magnus Dressnandt (Tuttlingen, Germany), Jonas Forster (Tuttlingen, Germany), Patricia Gallace (Tuttlingen, Germany) and Andreas Heni (Tuttlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an adjustment device for adjusting optical components of an optical instrument, having at least one adjustment screw via which the optical component arranged on a carrier is able to be fix...