Smoke evacuation system fluid trap

US10758855B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MEGADYNE MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Shawn K. Horner · Woods Cross, US
• Benjamin J. Danziger · Kenmore, US
• Chad S. Frampton · American Fork, US
• Mark D. Glassett · Houltonville, US
• Darcy W. Greep · South Jordan, US
• Jason L. Harris · Lebanon, US
• Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US
• David C. Yates · Morrow, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 2017
• Grant date: Sep 1, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2273/26
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A fluid trap for minimizing the escape of contaminated fluids from the fluid trap when an orientation of the fluid trap changes during removal or transport includes a front cover, a rear cover coupled to the front cover, and an interior chamber defined by the front and rear covers. The front cover defines an inlet port extending a first distance into an interior chamber of the fluid trap. The rear cover defines an exhaust port extending a second distance away from the rear cover of the fluid trap and positioned above the inlet port when the fluid trap is in an upright position. The interior chamber has a maximum fluid volume defined as the lesser of a fluid reservoir volume, a front cover volume, and a rear cover volume.