ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,935, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to FUZHOU UNIVERSITY (Fuzhou, China).

"Robot system and control method for nasotracheal intubation" was invented by Zhen Deng (Fujian, China), Xiaochun Zheng (Fujian, China), Bingwei He (Fujian, China), Yuxin Guo (Fujian, China), Chuanchuan Pan (Fujian, China), Ting Zheng (Fujian, China) and Fei Gao (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot system and a control method for nasotracheal intubation are provided. The robot system for nasotracheal intubation includes an operation console and an intubation operation device arranged at a bedside end of a mobile operating bed through a passive...