ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,394, issued on April 14, was assigned to Tuebingen Scientific Medical GmbH (Germany).

"Surgical instrument with a handle" was invented by Marcus Braun (Weil im Schonbuch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument with a handle, a shaft extending from the handle into a distal direction, and an effector, preferably a (medical/surgical) forceps or a scissor, at a distal end of the shaft. The handle comprises a plurality of manual actuating members being adapted to manipulate the effector for rotating, tilting and open-closing movements. The plurality of manual actuating members comprise a first actuating member being...