ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,173, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to PERAZAH INC. (Ansan-si, South Korea).

"Vascular intervention robot and vascular intervention system having line-contact roller mechanism" was invented by Jong Tae Seo (Gwangju-si, South Korea) and Hwan Taek Ryu (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular intervention robot having a line-contact roller mechanism is provided. The vascular intervention robot having a line-contact roller mechanism comprises: a roller module for translating a medical wire; and a rotation module for axially rotating the medical wire by rotating the roller module. The roller module can comprise: a...