ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,483, issued on Dec. 23.
"Devices and methods for conduit distention" was invented by Matthew John Petrides (Sea Girt, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods are disclosed that provide a syringe actuator device for use in the distention and irrigation of a body conduit before the use in a medical procedure such as a coronary bypass graft procedure. The device can be retrofit to a syringe by attaching it to the cap of the plunger and engaged to automatically apply pressure to fluid in the syringe. In some embodiments, elastic bands attached to the device are easily engaged or removed from a syringe during a procedure t...