ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,136, issued on April 7, was assigned to SHENZHEN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL ROBOT Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Slave-end guidewire/catheter driving apparatus of interventional surgical robot with force detection function" was invented by Haiyun Deng (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a slave-end guidewire/catheter driving apparatus with a force detection function, disposed at a slave end of an interventional surgical robot, and configured to clamp and drive a guidewire/catheter. The apparatus includes an inner frame, a rubbing mechanism, and a first force detection module. The rubbing mechanism is dis...