ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,214, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Novanta Medical GmbH (Berlin).

"Medical fluid pump with possibility of remote assistance" was invented by Christian Hunger (Oranienburg, Germany), Erika Mase (Berlin), Henrik Stier (Berlin), Jan-Hendrik Carstens (Berlin), Julia Grundmann (Berlin) and Hans-Joachim Cappius (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to operating modes of a medical device for support and device training by a service person connected via data line. In particular, the invention relates to the simulation of operating modes of an insufflator by means of a computer located elsewhere, for exampl...