Our Patents

These patents reflect our leadership in suction safety, visualization, and workflow efficiency.

Suction Regulator

Patent #: 7,959,605

Medical suction control with isolation characteristics.

Patent #: 7,887,510

Suction control apparatus and methods for maintaining fluid flow without compromising sterile lines.

Patent #: 7,686,785

Medical suction control with isolation characteristics.

Patent #: D419,084

Gauge.

Patent #: D419,409

Gauge.

Patent #: 5,992,239

Gauge.

Patent #: 9,415,174

Suction regulator having four modes of operation.

Patent #: 11,033,663

Trap bottle assembly for use with medical suction regulators or controllers.

Patent #: 4,911,749

Suction regulator sight window design and shape of gauge.

Autotransfusion

Patent #: 5,879,624

Method and apparatus for collecting and processing blood.

Patent #: 5,372,593

Process and apparatus for collecting blood of a patient for autotransfusion.

Patent #: 5,354,262

Apparatus for removal of insoluble fat from blood of a patient.

Patent #: 5,203,778

Process and apparatus for removal of insoluble fat from blood of a patient.

Patent #: 5,133,703

Process and apparatus for collecting blood of a patient for autotransfusion.

Patent #: 5,120,305

Method and apparatus for delivering or withdrawing fluids.

Patent #: 4,767,417

Drainage device for collecting liquids from a body cavity.

Patent #: D326,155

Medical fluid connector fitting.

Advanced Wound Care

Patent #: 8,710,290

Wound dressing with a discontinuous contact layer surface.

Patent #: 8,237,010

Method of manufacturing a dressing.

Patent #: 8,022,266

Method of treating a wound utilizing suction.

Patent #: 7,942,866

Device for treating a wound.

Patent #: 7,933,817

Billing method for pump usage.

Patent #: 7,884,258

Wound contact device.

Patent #: 7,815,616

Device for treating a wound.

Patent #: 7,754,937

Wound packing material for use with suction.

Orthopedics

Patent #: 5,403,318

Apparatus and method for shaping bone.

Patent #: 5,409,491

Apparatus and method for shaping bone.

Anesthesia

Patent #: 4,995,400

Pneumotach and components therefore.

Patent #: 4,807,641

Pneumotach and components therefore and combined pulmonary function measuring kit containing the same.

Patent #: 4,575,209

Dynamic braked spirometer.

Patent #: D294,298

Bronchodilator tee.

Patent #: D272,184

Disposable pneumotach tube.

Other Patents

Patent #: 4,986,175

Ink stamp apparatus and kit.

Patent #: D290,469

Ink stamp.

Patent #: 10,813,648

Systems and methods for effecting the total and partial occlusion of the aorta of a living being.

Bariatric Surgery

Patent #: 9,375,137

Gastric bougie/dilator with integral lighted tip.

Patent #: 9,808,368

Methods for performing bariatric surgery using gastric sizing systems and instruments.

Patent #: 9,999,533

Gastric sizing systems including instruments for use in bariatric surgery.

Patent #: 10,646,625

Gastric sizing systems including instruments for use in bariatric surgery.

Patent #: 10,932,937

Gastric sizing systems including instruments for use in bariatric surgery.

Patent #: 11,511,030

Gastric sizing systems including instruments and methods of bariatric surgery.

Patent #: 11,857,445

Gastric sizing systems including instruments for use in bariatric surgery.

Laparoscopic Surgery Devices

Patent #: 9,872,674

Entrapment and containment system for use with a morcellator and method of entrapping and containing material produced during morcellation procedure.

Patent #: 10,188,320

Laparoscopic tissue thickness measuring device and method of use.

Patent #: 10,405,877

Excising instrument, system including the same, and method for removing a tissue specimen or organ within a flexible pouch extending through a small incision or natural opening in a patient.

Patent #: 10,561,437

Systems and methods for removing a tissue specimen or organ through a small incision or natural opening in a patient.

Patent #: 10,849,707

Laparoscopic measuring devices and methods of laparoscopic measuring.

Patent #: 11,166,710

Intra-abdominal liver retraction device and method of use.

Patent #: 11,246,580

Cantilever liver retraction devices and methods of use.

External Urine Management Systems

Patent #: 11,395,871

External female catheter system with integrated suction regulator.

Patent #: 11,389,318

System including suction regulator for automatically removing urine from a female patient.

Patent # 12,220,520

Leakage resistant external female catheter system and method of use.