US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on Dec. 2 for "Medical device insufflation connection" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,234, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Medical device insufflation connection" was invented by Ronald G. Litke (Sandy Hook, Conn.), Justin Krom (Southington, Conn.) and Joseph P. Orban III (Norwalk, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes a device body and an insufflation fitting coupled to and extending from the device body. The insufflation fitting includes an annular low-flow fitting and an annular high-flow fitting. The annular low-flow fitting includes a radially outward surface generally reverse of a first inner sealing surface. The inner sealing sur...