US Patent Issued to Stryker on July 29 for "Suction and irrigation device" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,301, issued on July 29, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Suction and irrigation device" was invented by Andrew T. Forsberg (Plymouth, Minn.), John R. Drontle (Buffalo, Minn.) and Anthony J. Hanson (Chaska, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are devices and methods for irrigating and suctioning fluids from the lumens or cavities of a mammalian body. The devices include a malleable irrigation tube and a suction tube that is slidably mounted upon the irrigation tube."

The patent was filed on June 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/211,799.

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