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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2011
Leonard S. Schultz, Bloomington, MN (US);
Leonard S. Schultz, Bloomington, MN (US);
Nascent Surgical, LLC, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for evacuating material from a surgical site, the apparatus including a housing and a filter media, and being operably coupled to a vacuum source. The housing includes a top surface, a bottom surface and an outer side wall, together defining an inner cavity of the housing. The housing further includes an access opening in fluid communication with the inner cavity and one or more ingress apertures in fluid communication with the access opening. The filter media is positioned in or adjacent to the inner cavity such that a flow of fluid through the ingress apertures is moved through the filter media.