US Patent Issued to Sipka Medical Solutions on July 8 for "Medical suction devices and uses thereof" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,429, issued on July 8, was assigned to Sipka Medical Solutions LLC (Redding, Calif.).

"Medical suction devices and uses thereof" was invented by Richard Thorsted (Vacaville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a medical suction device including a compressible object including a surface, an opening in the surface, and a lumen defined by the surface and the opening, along with a tubular member located inside the compressible object. Also provided is a medical suction apparatus including the medical suction device and a catheter dimensioned to fit inside the tubular member of the device. A method of removing liquid from the...