US Patent Issued to Ethicon on Sept. 1 for "Systems, devices and methods for dispensing flowable hemostats that incorporate safety mechanisms for preventing air embolisms" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,967, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Ethicon Inc. (Raritan, N.J.).

"Systems, devices and methods for dispensing flowable hemostats that incorporate safety mechanisms for preventing air embolisms" was invented by Xuelin Guo (Livingston, N.J.), Joseph LoRicco (Hillsborough, N.J.), Gabriella Saade (West Windsor, N.J.) and Matthew Chan (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing system includes a hollow tube having an outer wall with an air vent formed in the outer wall. A valve including a flexible flap is disposed inside the tube. The flexible flap, normally biased into a retracted position, is moveable between an...