ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,938, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ZHEJIANG SOUDON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Hemostatic clip with split structure" was invented by Xiaogang Hu (Hangzhou, China) and Ruchun Zhou (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a hemostatic clip with a split structure, which includes a control portion and a releaser. The control portion includes a grip, a handle, a spring tube, a mandrel, a clamp with a barb at the end, and an internal socket. The releaser includes a middle ring and an outer ring. The handle is connected with the outer ring through the spring tube. The outer ring is sl...