ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,146, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Buffalo Filter LLC (Lancaster, N.Y.).
"Method and apparatus for filtering" was invented by Michael Paul Wierzba (Sloan, N.Y.), Kyrylo Shvetsov (Depew, N.Y.), Samantha Bonano (Williamsville, N.Y.) and Gregory Pepe (Lancaster, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for filtering and surgical procedures. An exemplary apparatus includes an evacuation tube having a filter, a long axis and a hollow conduit extending through the long axis, the hollow conduit fluidly connecting a tube inlet and a tube outlet, the filter located within th...