ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,703, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to LUKAS HYDRAULIK GMBH (Erlangen, Germany).

"Portable rescue device and arrangement comprising a rescue device" was invented by Uwe Kirchner (Marloffstein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable rescue device (1), such as a spreader device, cutter device or combination device with a cutting and spreading function, for portable rescue operations includes a housing (2), a first hand grip (3) and a second hand grip (4) for two-handed actuation of the rescue device. An electric motor is in the housing (2) and a battery (15) is housed on the rescue device (1), or a connection to an external e...