MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517097198 A) filed by Stryker Corporation, Portage, U.S.A., on Oct. 8, 2025, for 'filter assembly and surgical smoke evacuation unit.'
Inventor(s) include Smith, Matthew; Zollinger, Michael; Irvine, Michael, James; Durnell, Troy, E; Lada, Jordan; Stanhope, Rawley; Westphal, Grant; Laure, Brandon; and Sall, Anthony, J.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A filter assembly for a smoke evacuation unit. A sensor is positioned within a housing of the filter assembly. The sensor may be a capacitive sensor disposed near one or more inlet ports. A controller may operate a vacuum source based on the sensor detecting operation of a powered surgical device, for example, though changes in electric field detected through the inlet ports. The filter assembly may include a shielding cover providing an electromagnetic barrier. The shielding cover may be in electrical communication with a contact pad configured to engage a terminal of the smoke evacuation unit. The contact pad may be disposed within a recess on a side of the housing. Electrical contact between the contact pad and the terminal may ground the shielding cover, and the controller may authenticate the filter assembly based thereon. A liquid collection compartment may be disposed beneath a filter compartment within the housing."
The patent application was internationally filed on Sept. 20, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/047737.
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