ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,547, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Endo Robotics Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for moving a member" was invented by Byung Gon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Kyung nam Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Ye Chan Seo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a moving device. A moving device for moving a tubular member according to an aspect of the present disclosure may include a housing through which the tubular member passes, a first roller and a second roller arranged to face both sides of the tubular member inside the housing and having outer circumferential surfaces that presses the tubular member, an ac...