ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,418, issued on July 8, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Manifold for a medical waste collection system" was invented by Michael Zollinger (Chelsea, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manifold for a medical waste collection system. A filter element is disposed within a housing and includes a basket, and a seal retaining element coupled to the basket. The seal retaining element supports the seal in sealing engagement with a rim of the housing. The basket may be disposed within a body portion of the housing, and the seal retaining element may be disposed within a first leg of the housing. The seal may define a groove,...