US Patent Issued to Stryker on March 24 for "Manifold for a medical/surgical waste collection assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,496, issued on March 24, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Manifold for a medical/surgical waste collection assembly" was invented by Sean A. Murray (Powell, Mich.), David Hershberger (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Brent S. Lalomia (Portage, Mich.) and Stephen Reasoner (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Manifold for a medical/surgical waste collection assembly. A shell includes a proximal end base, and a lip extending proximally from the proximal end base. The lip extends around an outlet opening defined in the proximal end base that is off-centered to a longitudinal axis of the shell. A cap including a cap head is...