ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,537, issued on July 21, was assigned to HANGZHOU AGS MEDTECH Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"End effector instrument" was invented by Baiming Shi (Hangzhou, China) and Jing Xi (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the present disclosure may provide an end effector instrument. The end effector instrument may include: an end effector device, the end effector device comprising an effector portion configured to perform a specified operation, and a delivery device connected to the end effector device, the delivery device being configured to deliver the end effector device to a target region where the specified o...