ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,425, issued on May 5, was assigned to Tuebingen Scientific Medical GmbH (Germany).
"Pneumatic drive device for translational and/or rotational movement" was invented by Marcus Braun (Weil im Schonbuch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic drive device includes a housing, a piston, and a first membrane. The first membrane and the piston are coupled to each other in such a way that an axial movement of the first membrane, caused by pressurizing a first pressure chamber, is converted into a translational movement of the piston. The pneumatic drive device also includes an output element, and a membrane. The membrane and the o...