US Patent Issued to Bashour Family Innovations on Sept. 15 for "Balloon assisted containment of insufflated robotic/endoscopic operative field" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,790, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Bashour Family Innovations LLC (Westlake, Ohio).

"Balloon assisted containment of insufflated robotic/endoscopic operative field" was invented by Fadi N. Bashour (Westlake, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-working channel device with a cylindrical assembly having a distal end, a proximal end, an interior space, and an aperture. The multi-working channel device also has a longitudinally extending tube with a proximal end, a distal end that is coterminous with the distal end of the cylindrical assembly, and a balloon. The multi-working channel device also utilizes a stylet having a p...