MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517072088 A) filed by Raydiant Oximetry, Inc., San Ramon, U.S.A., on July 29, for 'surgical drains and systems and methods for using same.'

Inventor(s) include Delonzor, Russell; Ray, Neil Padharia; Rosen, Mark Andrew; Hernandez, Jeffrey; Johansson, Eric; Hannula, Don; Molinari, Joseph J.; and Davis, Christina.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Surgical drains may include a tube, a drainage component, and an positioning mechanism positioned between them. The positioning mechanism may include a shaft configured to encircle a junction between the tube and the drainage component and a plurality of extensions that extend from the shaft. The drainage component may have a plurality of holes sized and configured to allow fluid, solids, and/or gas to pass therethrough, enter a lumen of the drainage component, and be communicated to a lumen of the tube for evacuation from a hollow organ and/or tissue in which the surgical drain is placed. On some occasions, the surgical drain may be placed within a uterine cavity via a hysterotomy following pelvic surgery and may be used to evacuate blood and other fluids from the uterine cavity and/or contract the uterus following caesarian delivery of a fetus."

The patent application was internationally filed on Jan. 05, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/010578.

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