ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,273, issued on March 18, was assigned to Invuity Inc. (San Francisco).
"Illuminated suction apparatus" was invented by Alex Vayser (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Fernando Erismann (New York), Kenneth B. Trauner (San Francisco), Jonathan G. Gasson (Novato, Calif.) and Derrick Richardson (Union City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminated suction apparatus including a hand-held surgical device combining a high-performance illumination waveguide with suction. This device would be useful in a wide array of various surgical procedures including open and minimally invasive orthopedics."
The patent was filed on May 31, 2022, under...