US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision on Oct. 27 for "Apparatus, system, and method of gas infusion to allow for pressure control of irrigation in a surgical system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,347, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Apparatus, system, and method of gas infusion to allow for pressure control of irrigation in a surgical system" was invented by Abraham Hajishah (Irvine, Calif.) and Edith Fung (Diamond Bar, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system is provided that includes a spike suitable for insertion into a fluid reservoir containing a surgical fluid and a gas pressure pocket. The spike provides the surgical fluid from the fluid reservoir to a surgical pack and provides pressurized gas from a pressure gas source to the fluid reservoir....