US Patent Issued to PROCEPT BioRobotics on Oct. 7 for "Material removal from surgical site" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,669, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Material removal from surgical site" was invented by Kevin Staid (Lowell, Mass.) and Surag Mantri (East Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid source on a carrier is configured to rotate relative to a probe to direct a fluid stream from the source toward an opening of an evacuation lumen. This may help to remove material that may collect near the opening, such as blood clots and tissue. Also, directing the fluid stream toward the evacuation lumen can draw flowable material from the surgical site toward the evacuation lumen to improv...