ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,470, issued on April 14.

"Surgical-use medical apparatus and system therefor" was invented by Chieh Hsiao Chen (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical medical device includes a rod portion and a support portion extending from the rod portion. The support portion has a first stretch segment, a second stretch segment, and a third stretch segment disposed between the first stretch segment and the second stretch segment. The surgical medical device has a control mechanism. The surgical medical device stretches or contracts the first stretch segment, the third stretch segment and the second stretch segment by the...