ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,999, issued on July 7, was assigned to Tencent Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Hand exoskeleton, medical device and simulated grabbing system" was invented by Dongsheng Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Chuanzheng Ni (Shenzhen, China), Xianyu Song (Shenzhen, China), Kun Xiong (Shenzhen, China), Lei Wei (Shenzhen, China) and Zhengyou Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand exoskeleton includes at least one mechanical finger and a mechanical palm; and the mechanical finger includes a finger section, a rod assembly and a motor, the finger section includes a first finger section and a second finger section, and the rod...