US Patent Issued to Medtronic Xomed on Aug. 25 for "Lavage and cleansing system and method" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,298, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Medtronic Xomed Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Lavage and cleansing system and method" was invented by Ali Mowlai-Ashtiani (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Phillip Berman (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid delivery system may be positioned relative to a scope to assist in cleaning a scope and/or lavaging a portion of a subject during a procedure. The fluid delivery system may include a sleeve positioned over a portion of a scope. The sleeve may include passages and/or define passages relative to the scope."

The patent was filed on Oct. 28, 2020, under Application No. 17/082,815. ...