US Patent Issued to Somavac Medical Solutions on July 15 for "Portable device with disposable reservoir for collection of internal fluid after surgery" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,659, issued on July 15, was assigned to Somavac Medical Solutions Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Portable device with disposable reservoir for collection of internal fluid after surgery" was invented by Joshua D. Herwig (Memphis, Tenn.), Esra Roan (Memphis, Tenn.), Nathaniel F. Stoikes (Memphis, Tenn.) and Guy Voeller (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device comprising: (a) a housing; (b) one or more pumps located within the housing, the one or more pumps configured to create a negative pressure and move fluid; (c) one or more connectors located at least partially within in the housing; (d) internal fluid paths connecting ...