ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,551, issued on July 14, was assigned to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Albany, N.Y.).

"Portable suction devices, systems, and methods for controlling suction using same" was invented by Scott Wiener (Camillus, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a devices and methods to control suction during medical procedures, and more particularly to medical suction devices, systems, and methods for controlling suction using the portable suction devices/systems during endoscopic procedures. For example, the present disclosure includes a portable suction device in fluid communication ...