ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,626, issued on May 6, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Manifold for a medical waste collection system" was invented by Michael Zollinger (Chelsea, Mich.) and Peter LaDuke (Holland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manifold for coupling a suction tube to a medical waste collection system. A housing includes a body portion, and first and second legs extending from said body portion. An inlet fitting is for coupling to the suction tube. An arm extends outwardly from said housing and includes a proximally-directed surface. A lock element extends outwardly from said housing and includes a distally-directed surface. A...