ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,871, issued on July 28, was assigned to MICRO-TECH (NANJING) Co. LTD. (Nanjing, China).

"Medical device for causing hemostasis of blood vessel" was invented by Zhi Tang (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for causing the hemostasis of a blood vessel for use through an endoscope comprises: a handle; a sheath device; a clamp device including a clamp housing defining a longitudinal direction with a clamp base in particular in the form of a sleeve provided on the distal end of the sheath device and at least two, in particular exactly two clamp arms, said clamp housing defining an interior space; a control wire...