ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,046, issued on June 9, was assigned to LIFETECH SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Sheath" was invented by Gang Wang (Shenzhen, China), Feng Peng (Shenzhen, China), Wei Jiang (Shenzhen, China) and Quanyuan Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheath, including a sheath body, a handle, and a traction wire. The traction wire includes a first traction wire. The handle includes a first guide rail member and a first slider. The first slider is connected to the first traction wire. A first groove is provided on an outer wall of the first guide rail member along an axial direction. The first groove includes ...