US Patent Issued to Saphena Medical on Oct. 7 for "Surgical insufflation systems and methods for use" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,017, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Saphena Medical Inc. (West Bridgewater, Mass.).

"Surgical insufflation systems and methods for use" was invented by Mark J. Orphanos (Foxboro, Mass.) and Michael Glennon (Norwell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides systems, methods and devices for delivering media. The device can include a body designed to accommodate at least one cannister of a media, an body coupled to the body and having a distal end, and a tapered tip disposed at the distal end of the body and in fluid communication with the cannister, the tip being designed for advancing the distal end to a s...