US Patent Issued to Medtronic Navigation on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for hybrid peristaltic pump flow" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,165, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Louisville, Colo.).

"Systems and methods for hybrid peristaltic pump flow" was invented by Mohammad Miri (Longmont, Colo.) and Matthew S. Palm (Black Hawk, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods whereby an electrosurgical device provides electrosurgical treatment to a tissue area while offering simultaneous irrigation and suction capabilities. A hybrid pump attachment including a plurality of flexible tubes is fluidly connectable to the electrosurgical device, wherein the plurality of flexible tubes is orientated within the hybrid pump attachment suc...