ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,135, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG (Forchheim, Germany).
"Threading support facility for threading an object into a guide apparatus" was invented by Christian Kaethner (Forchheim, Germany), Andreas Meyer (Bubenreuth, Germany) and Michael Wiets (Langensendelbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A threading support facility is for threading an object into a guide apparatus. The threading support facility is connectable to the guide apparatus and is configured to support threading of the object into the guide apparatus. In an embodiment, the threading support facility includes a wall connecting a first ...