ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,835, issued on March 17, was assigned to INTOCARE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Clip applying mechanism and clip applying apparatus thereof" was invented by Daping Li (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clip applying mechanism and a clip applying apparatus thereof are provided. The clip applying mechanism includes a tube body, a main shaft, a clip-cartridge assembly, a clip-pushing assembly and a firing assembly; and further includes: a main-shaft connecting member, connected with the main shaft; a firing connecting member, connected with the firing assembly; an engagement mechanism, arranged b...