US Patent Issued to Stryker on April 22 for "Methods of operating a waste collection unit including a light assembly" (Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,199, issued on April 22, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Methods of operating a waste collection unit including a light assembly" was invented by Brian J. MacLachlan (Norton Shores, Mich.), Nathan Hogan (Vicksburg, Mich.), Stephen J. Reasoner (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Robert Childers (Trinity, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a waste collection unit including a light assembly separate from a display panel. A vacuum level of the vacuum drawn on a waste canister is measured with a vacuum sensor. The light assembly positioned adjacent a manifold receiver is operated to selectively emit light of a co...