ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,017, issued on July 1, was assigned to HANGZHOU SUNSTONE TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Disassembly-and-assembly-free flushable clamp applier" was invented by Lei Shi (Hangzhou, China), Weijian Dai (Hangzhou, China) and Yanli Ma (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disassembly-free and flushable clip applier includes: a fixing handle and a triggering handle, the fixing handle being hinged with the triggering handle, the fixing handle being provided with a locking key; an end of the cavity tube being provided with a mounting head which is configured for detachably connecting the ligating clip; a turning mechanism ...