ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,878, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to INTOCARE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Driving method of clip-cartridge shaft of clip applicator and clip applicator" was invented by Ronghua Xu (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clip-cartridge shaft of a clip applicator and a clip applicator are provided. The method includes a step of pushing the clip-cartridge shaft and a step of pulling back the clip-cartridge shaft. The step of pushing the clip-cartridge shaft includes: S12: the drive shaft drives the clip-cartridge shaft to move from the proximal-end initial position to the distal-end terminate posit...