ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,083, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to WUHAN UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Wuhan, China).

"Attachment assembly, control handle, series motion mechanism, and minimally invasive surgical instrument" was invented by Wei-Yang Kong (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a series motion mechanism and a minimally invasive surgical instrument. The series motion mechanism includes an attachment assembly attached to a wrist, a control handle, and a series joint including two joints. Rotation axes of the two joints are perpendicular to each other, the control handle and the attachment assembly are ...