ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,303, issued on April 21, was assigned to Dongguan Aimeili Technology Co. Ltd. (Dongguan, China) and ORLENA INC (Boulder, Colo.).

"Peristaltic structure and a massage device" was invented by Wenbing Wang (Guangdong, China) and Haowei Ma (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peristaltic structure and a massage device comprising an actuator, a connecting shaft, a connecting member, and a peristaltic lamination assembly. Advantages of the invention lies in that: the peristaltic lamination assembly of the invention is detachably mounted to the connecting shaft via the connecting member, offering a simple structure and ease of ...