ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,205, issued on May 19, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).
"Fixation device for surgical instrument parts" was invented by Dieter Teschke (Merdingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixation device for fixing a first part of a surgical instrument to a second part of the surgical instrument. The fixation device has a longitudinal axis and includes a fixation body configured to accommodate a portion of the first instrument part and a portion of the second instrument part therein. A first fastening member and at least one movable first clamping member are configured to clampingly engage at ...