ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,700, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to ATROPOS Ltd. (County Wicklow, Ireland).
"Access port device" was invented by Frank Bonadio (County Wicklow, Ireland), Stephen Williams (County Dublin, Ireland) and Lucy Dolores Halpin (Dublin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve component 1 of the invention comprises a main valve 2 which is located on a centre line and at least one auxiliary valve 3 which is located radially outwardly of the main valve 2. The main valve may be used for sealing engagement with a cannula. In some cases the cannula may be used for introduction of a number of robotically controlled surgical instruments generally, i...