ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. D1,149,040, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Chirurgical instrument" was invented by Roland Hopp (Hamburg, Germany), Oliver Hahn (Hamburg, Germany), Thomas Marzke (Hamburg, Germany), Irina Schmuck (Heide, Germany), Kevin Schulz (Wilstedt, Germany), Andreas Ruhs (Ahrensburg, Germany) and Bastian Schroder (Hamburg, Germany).

The patent was filed on July 18, 2025, under Application No. D/013,888.

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