US Patent Issued to Critical Innovations on Sept. 23 for "Method and device for simultaneously documenting and treating tension pneumothorax and/or hemothorax" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,999, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Critical Innovations LLC (Lawndale, Calif.).

"Method and device for simultaneously documenting and treating tension pneumothorax and/or hemothorax" was invented by Ross I. Donaldson (Inglewood, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device are provided for simultaneously or near-simultaneously diagnosing and treating tension pneumothorax and/or hemothorax. A Veress-type needle portion includes a hollow needle for puncturing the chest wall over a blunt hollow probe biased by one or more springs to extend distally into the pleural cavity. Openings in the blunt hollow probe connect v...