US 12,226,146 B2
Method and apparatus for filtering
Michael Paul Wierzba, Sloan, NY (US); Kyrylo Shvetsov, Depew, NY (US); Samantha Bonano, Williamsville, NY (US); and Gregory Pepe, Lancaster, NY (US)
Assigned to Buffalo Filter LLC, Lancaster, NY (US)
Filed by Buffalo Filter LLC, Lancaster, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,810.
Application 17/983,810 is a continuation of application No. 16/169,281, filed on Oct. 24, 2018, granted, now 11,559,621.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/576,301, filed on Oct. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0078525 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1477 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/1402 (2013.01); A61M 1/79 (2021.05); A61M 1/84 (2021.05); A61B 2218/008 (2013.01); A61M 2205/7527 (2013.01); A61M 2205/7545 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for surgical procedures, the apparatus comprising:
an evacuation tube comprising a filter, a long axis and a hollow conduit extending through the long axis, the hollow conduit fluidly connecting a tube inlet and a tube outlet, the filter located within the hollow conduit operable to remove particles from a flow passing through the hollow conduit from the tube inlet to the tube outlet, wherein the filter comprises a carbon media extending through the long axis of the evacuation tube along an interior wall of the evacuation tube.