US Patent Issued to University of Iowa Research Foundation, Duke University on Sept. 16 for "Intraoperative irrigation and suction" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,786, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) and Duke University (Dunham, New Caledonia).

"Intraoperative irrigation and suction" was invented by Xiaoyang Hua (Iowa City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system comprising a catheter comprising an irrigation tube, a suction tube, an occlusion balloon disposed about the irrigation tube and suction tube, and a console in operative communication with the irrigation tube and the suction tube. The surgical system also comprising a remote operations unit in communication with the console via a connector, wherein an input to...