ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,410, issued on March 3, was assigned to INTOCARE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) Co. LTD. (Suzhou, 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. 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, sleeved on the main shaft and connected with the main shaft; a housing, configured to accommodate the main shaft and the main-shaft connecting mem...