ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,975, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ROBGENIX MEDICAL PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Instrument drive apparatus" was invented by Cunwang Ge (Shanghai), Gang Wu (Shanghai), Hao Chen (Shanghai) and Xueting Wei (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses an instrument drive apparatus comprising an instrument assembly, a first rotating drive assembly, a second rotary drive assembly, and a push-pull drive assembly, the instrument assembly comprising a handle, operating levers slidably connected to the handle, and a rotary rod rotatably connected to the handle; a rotary seat mechanism is connected to the instrum...