ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,237, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to PROVINCI SABEAIR B.V. (The Hague, Netherlands).
"Surgical instrument" was invented by Tim Horeman-Franse (The Hague, Netherlands) and David Cefai (The Hague, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument for piercing into a human or animal body. The instrument includes an inner portion which is movably arranged within an needle-like outer portion. The outer portion connects to the inner portion through a spring so as to provide with the outer portion during use a load on the inner portion. The outer portion includes a proximal sleeve that provides a finger grip to a person, l...