US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Jan. 20 for "Complex irrigation/suction flow path in a medical device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,947, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Complex irrigation/suction flow path in a medical device" was invented by Edward P. Donlon (San Jose, Calif.) and Craig Tsuji (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve system comprises a first valve plunger configured for insertion into a first valve plunger channel. The first valve plunger has a first latch member disposed at a distal end. A first sealing member and a first valve are opening disposed proximally from the first latch member. The valve system also comprises a second valve plunger configured for insertion into...