US Patent Issued on May 20 for "System for gravity inclusion of powder into a medical delivery flow stream" (Minnesota, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,636, issued on May 20.

"System for gravity inclusion of powder into a medical delivery flow stream" was invented by John H. Burban (Lake Elmo, Minn.), John W. Shanahan (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Michael R. Spearman (The Woodlands, Texas), Craig J. Cuta (Stillwater, Minn.) and Keith A. Roberts (Dellwood, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus deliver dry, flowable hemostatic powder into a gas flow stream by gravity delivery within a body of the apparatus. The hemostatic powder is then carried with the gas out of the apparatus into an elongated delivery tube inserted into a patient. Delivery of the powder into the g...