ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,879, issued on July 7, was assigned to HANGZHOU AGS MEDTECH Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Clip apparatus" was invented by Baiming Shi (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a clip apparatus. The clip apparatus may include a conveying device and a plurality of clip devices. The conveying device may include a sheath pipe provided with a passage. The plurality of clip devices are provided outside of the passage of the sheath pipe. The plurality of clip devices are releasably connected in sequence, and each of the plurality of clip devices is configured to clip tissue."

The patent was...