ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,807, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Palliare Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).
"Valve mechanism" was invented by John O'Dea (Bearna, Ireland), Hilary Elizabeth Barrett (Castletroy, Ireland), Robert Gorby Mccarthy (Dun Laoghaire, Ireland), Kelley Josephine Mary Horgan (Kinsale, Ireland), Martin James Hamilton Bruggemann (Mountrath, Ireland) and Daragh Michael Manning (Clontarf, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve mechanism (3) for attaching to a proximal end (4) of a trocar cannula (2) for minimising leakage of insufflating and other gases proximally from the trocar cannula (2), comprises a housing (7) adapted for securing to t...