US 12,296,087 B2
Manifolds for a medical waste collection assembly and methods of collecting a tissue sample with the same
Michael Zollinger, Chelsea, MI (US); and Michael Peterson, Richland, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/231,951.
Application 18/231,951 is a continuation of application No. 17/053,246, granted, now 11,759,563, previously published as PCT/US2019/032911, filed on May 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/746,802, filed on Oct. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/685,792, filed on Jun. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/673,418, filed on May 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0381400 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/79 (2021.05) [A61M 2205/125 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1433 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A manifold for collecting a tissue sample through a suction line, the manifold comprising:
a housing defining a manifold volume, and an outlet opening in fluid communication with the manifold volume, wherein the housing comprises an accessory sleeve in fluid communication with the manifold volume, and an inlet fitting coupled to the accessory sleeve and configured to be removably coupled with the suction line, wherein the accessory sleeve comprises plateaus defining a trough therebetween; and
a tray configured to be removably positioned with the accessory sleeve and comprising a base portion defining porous features configured to collect the tissue sample, wherein the tray is configured to be supported by the plateaus to provide a gap between the trough and the base portion of the tray, and wherein the tray further comprises a control surface, and a sealing surface coupled to the control surface,
wherein the control surface is configured to receive an input from a user to cause a lower portion of the sealing surface to flex away from a lower aspect of the accessory sleeve to provide a suction path through the trough and into the manifold volume in a bleed configuration.