ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,840, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Occluder pushing device and transport system" was invented by Xiangdong Liu (Shenzhen, China), Xianmiao Chen (Shenzhen, China) and Mingjuan Fu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an occluder pushing device and an occluder delivery system, wherein the pushing device includes a pushing component and a handle. The pushing component includes a pushing tube and a traction element slidably inserted into the pushing tube. The handle is fixedly connected to a proximal end of the pushing tube and inte...