IP Library Granted Patent US 12,446,918
Granted Patent B2
US 12,446,918 · App. 17/255,173 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Pressure release cannula

Inventors: Isshiki Ryo (Largo, FL); Alan Hernandez (Odessa, FL)
Assignee: Conmed Corporation
A61B17/3423A61B2017/3458A61B2017/349
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,446,918
App. No.
17/255,173
Filed
Dec 22, 2020
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3773
USPC
600/204
Abstract

A pressure relief device for controlling the outflow of fluid from a surgical site. The pressure relief device includes a cannula body having a proximal end and a distal end with a thread extending along the entire cannula body from the distal end. The device also has a proximal end cap connected to the proximal end of the cannula body, a spacer connected between the cannula body and the proximal end cap, and a proximal seal enclosed between the proximal end cap and the spacer. One or more distal seals can be enclosed between the spacer and the proximal end of the cannula body. The device additionally includes a channel between the spacer and an inner wall of the proximal end cap. Fluid flows out of the device through the channel.

Claims (26)

1. A pressure relief device, comprising:

a cannula body having a proximal end and a distal end with a thread extending along at least a portion of the cannula body from the distal end toward the proximal end;

a proximal end cap connected to the proximal end of the cannula body;

a chamber connected between the cannula body and the proximal end cap, and having an outer surface forming a first portion of a most outer surface of the device around which forms a circumference of the most outer surface, wherein the first portion of the most outer surface comprises a plurality of apertures integrally formed with and extending around the circumference of the most outer surface of the chamber;

a proximal seal enclosed between the proximal end cap and the chamber;

a first distal seal and a second distal seal, wherein the first and second distal seals are stacked directly onto each other and enclosed between the chamber and the proximal end of the cannula body.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a port extending from the proximal end of the cannula body.

3. The device of claim 2 , further comprising a valve rotatably connected to the port.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the thread is a dual lead thread.

5. The device of claim 1 , further comprising one or more transverse slots in the chamber.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein a central longitudinal axis extends through the device and the slots extend in a direction that is perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a space within the chamber configured to receive fluid.

8. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a geometric feature extending into a proximal surface of the proximal end cap.

9. A pressure relief device, comprising:

a cannula body having a proximal end and a distal end with a thread extending along the entire cannula body from the distal end toward the proximal end;

a proximal end cap connected to the proximal end of the cannula body;

a spacer connected between the cannula body and the proximal end cap, and having an outer surface forming a first portion of a most outer surface of the device around which forms a circumference of the most outer surface, wherein the first portion of the most outer surface comprises a plurality of apertures integrally a formed with and extending around the circumference of the most outer surface of the spacer;

a proximal seal enclosed between the proximal end cap and the spacer;

first and second distal seals stacked directly onto each other and enclosed between the spacer and the proximal end of the cannula body.

10. The device of claim 9 , further comprising a channel between the spacer and an inner wall of the proximal end cap.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein a central longitudinal axis extends through the device and the channel extends in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis.

12. The device of claim 9 , further comprising a port extending from the proximal end of the cannula body.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein a central longitudinal axis extends through the device and the port extends in a direction perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis.

14. The device of claim 12 , further comprising a valve rotatably connected to the port.

15. The device of claim 9 , further comprising a geometric feature extending into a proximal surface of the proximal end cap.

16. The device of claim 9 , wherein the thread is a dual lead thread.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2025
From: CONMED CORPORATION; BIOREZ, INC.; BUFFALO FILTER LLC; IN2BONES USA, LLC; LINVATEC CORPORATION; SURGIQUEST, INC.; VIKING SYSTEMS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 072097/0762 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2020
From: ISSHIKI, RYO; HERNANDEZ, ALAN
To: CONMED CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054728/0130 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62838443 · Apr 25, 2019
Provisional Application 62690079 · Jun 26, 2018
Related Publication 20210267631A1 · Sep 2, 2021
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