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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian MacLachlan, Norton Shores, MI (US);
Grant Westphal, Delton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/74 (2021.05); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61M 1/802 (2021.05); G06K 19/07 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61J 2205/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical waste collection system includes a medical waste collection device for providing suction at a surgical site, and a manifold releasably couplable to the medical waste collection device. The manifold defines a pathway through which the medical waste collection device is configured to provide suction to the surgical site. The medical waste collection device is configured to control activation of suction based on a proper manifold being present.