ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,741, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).
"Instillation cartridge for vacuum actuated fluid delivery" was invented by Christopher Brian Locke (San Antonio), James A. Luckemeyer (San Antonio) and Timothy Mark Robinson (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid delivery system, method, and apparatus for providing instillation therapy with a negative-pressure source is described. The apparatus includes a housing having an ambient chamber and a negative-pressure chamber fluidly isolated from each other. The apparatus also includes a moveable barrier disposed in the housing be...