ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,575, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Buffalo Filter LLC (Lancaster, N.Y.).
"Apparatus and method for filtering" was invented by Kyrylo Shvetsov (Depew, N.Y.), Gregory Pepe (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Samantha Bonano (Williamsville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and method for evacuation. An exemplary apparatus includes a trocar comprising an inlet at a distal end and an exit port at a proximal end, the inlet and the exit port are fluidly connected by a tubular hollow body circumscribing a cavity extending through a longitudinal axis of the trocar, the trocar includes a fil...