US Patent Issued to Zachary Visco, Duke University on Sept. 23 for "Multi-port, high-flow pneumoperitoneum and smoke evacuation distribution devices, systems, and methods" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,036, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Zachary Visco (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Multi-port, high-flow pneumoperitoneum and smoke evacuation distribution devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Anthony Visco (Durham, N.C.) and Zachary Visco (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insufflation system for creating a high-flow, constant pressure pneumoperitoneum, the system including: a gas flow distribution device including: a housing defining an insufflation chamber; an inlet port on the housing and configured to be connected to an insufflator to provide insufflation gas from the ins...