ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,456, issued on March 31, was assigned to SHL Medical AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Tool assembly and a system for using in a carriage guide rail system" was invented by Christoph Schindler (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Yung-Ta Yang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool assembly for attaching to two carriages of a carriage guide rail system; wherein the two carriages are movable along the carriage guide rail relative to one another, the tool assembly having a base and a linear actuator movable relative to the base; wherein the base has a first connector for attaching to one of the two carriages; wherein the linear act...