ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,516, issued on June 2, was assigned to HANGZHOU AGS MEDTECH Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).
"Clip instruments" was invented by Cheng Zhang (Hangzhou, China) and Baiming Shi (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clip instrument may include a clip arm and a locking part. The clip arm may include at least two clips for clamping at least one tissue and at least two extending parts releasably connected to the at least two clips, respectively. The clip arm has an open state and a closed state, wherein the at least two clips are spaced apart from each other when the clip arm is in the open state to form a space for clamping the at le...