US Patent Issued to Sanford Health on June 30 for "Intermediate suction catheter" (South Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,692, issued on June 30, was assigned to Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

"Intermediate suction catheter" was invented by Thomas Haldis (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Alexander Drofa (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a catheter (100) including a first end (102), a second end (104), and a lumen (106) extending from the first end to the second end. The catheter has a first portion (108) arranged at the first end, a second portion (110) arranged adjacent to the first portion, and a third portion (112) arranged adjacent to the second portion. The first portion of the catheter has a first cut pat...