ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,550, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to WUHAN UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Wuhan, China).

"Rope fixation device, rope transmission device, and ultrasound probe" was invented by Hao Hu (Wuhan, China), Xiao-Yang Dong (Wuhan, China) and Kang Si (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a rope fixation device, a rope transmission device, and an ultrasound probe. The rope fixation device includes a drive shaft, a rope, and a fixing member. The drive shaft is provided with a rope through-hole and a fixing hole. The fixing hole is in communication with the rope through-hole. The rope through-hole penet...