US Patent Issued to Lexion Medical on Aug. 25 for "Method and system for insufflating a body cavity using a percutaneous needle" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,464, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Lexion Medical LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Method and system for insufflating a body cavity using a percutaneous needle" was invented by Brian Rich (Blaine, Minn.) and Carl M. Geisz (Edina, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insufflation needle includes a hub portion and a shaft portion. The shaft portion extends at least partially into the hub portion and includes an outer lumen and at least one inner lumen. The outer lumen has a diameter between approximately 3.0 mm and 5.0 mm and includes at least one aperture at a first end of the outer lumen, which is positioned proximal to the hub portio...