US Patent Issued to Conmed on Dec. 23 for "Gas circulation system with gas sealed access cap and valve sealed access cap for robotically assisted surgical procedures" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,204, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Conmed Corp. (Largo, Fla.).

"Gas circulation system with gas sealed access cap and valve sealed access cap for robotically assisted surgical procedures" was invented by Emily Thompson (Castle Rock, Colo.) and Corey London Brenner (Littleton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas circulation system is disclosed for performing robotically assisted surgical procedures in a surgical cavity of a patient, which includes a multi-lumen tube set including a dual lumen portion having a pressurized gas line and a return gas line, and a single lumen portion having a gas supply and sensing line, a valv...