US Patent Issued to The Cleveland Clinic Foundation on Dec. 16 for "Spill protection basin for surgeries" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,390, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland).

"Spill protection basin for surgeries" was invented by Jianguo Cheng (Solon, Ohio) and Sergey Samorezov (Highland Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spill protection basin for preventing spilling overflow fluid from a surgical site of a patient. The basin includes a perimeter wall defining an inner volume. A suction port is formed in the perimeter wall and adjacent to a bottom end thereof. The suction port is configured to permit drawing fluid from the inner volume when suction is applied thereto."

The patent was filed on Jan. 28, 2022, ...