US Patent Issued to MEGADYNE MEDICAL PRODUCTS on Sept. 9 for "Smoke evacuation device" (Utah, Ohio, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,968, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MEGADYNE MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC. (Draper, Utah).

"Smoke evacuation device" was invented by Shawn K. Horner (Woods Cross, Utah), Jason L Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Frederick Shelton (Hillsboro, Ohio), Chad S. Frampton (American Fork, Utah), Steven D. Andrews (West Jordan, Utah), Benjamin J. Danziger (Seattle), Mark D. Glassett (Sandy, Utah), Darcy W. Greep (Herriman, Utah), Roger Millis (West Jordan, Utah) and David C. Yates (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smoke evacuation device that evacuates smoke from a surgical site and filters the smoke from the air. The smoke evacuation d...