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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2019
Buffalo Filter Llc, Lancaster, NY (US);
Kyrylo Shvetsov, Depew, NY (US);
Gregory Pepe, Lancaster, NY (US);
Samantha Bonano, Williamsville, NY (US);
Buffalo Filter LLC, Lancaster, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and method for evacuation. An exemplary apparatus includes a trocar comprising an inlet at a distal end and an exit port at a proximal end, the inlet and the exit port are fluidly connected by a tubular hollow body circumscribing a cavity extending through a longitudinal axis of the trocar, the trocar includes a filter maintained within the cavity operable to filter at least one of fluid and particulates from a flow passing through the cavity. The apparatus further includes a vacuum source fluidly connected to the exit port, the vacuum source operable to pull at least one of fluid and particulates through the inlet, the cavity and the exit port.