US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on Dec. 9 for "Removable inlet manifold for a medical waste collection system" (Illinois, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,306, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Removable inlet manifold for a medical waste collection system" was invented by Andrew Mills (Highland Park, Ill.), David Noskowicz (Spring Grove, Ill.), Brian Barkeley (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Zachary Zott (Chicago) and Stuart Mintz (Glenview, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removable manifold for a medical/surgical waste collection system. The manifold is dimensioned to be mounted to a receiver integral with the system. The manifold includes at least one tube through which waste is drawn into a manifold cage. The tube extends through an inlet ...