ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,979, issued on July 29, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Suction and irrigation control system and method" was invented by Kurt G. Shelton (Bedford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of in situ pressure control at an anatomical environment during a procedure are disclosed. An exemplary irrigation and suction system comprises a user input configured to receive from a user a desired pressure to be applied to the anatomical environment, or a desired flow condition corresponding to the desired pressure. The system comprises a pressure sensor to sense a pressure at or near the anatomical enviro...