US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on March 3 for "Medical device insufflation connection" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,691, issued on March 3, 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 high-flow fitting portion and an annular low-flow fitting portion extending away from the device body from the annular high-flow fitting portion. The annular high-flow fitting portion inc...