Pre-launch · Anticipated March 2027Reliable insufflation, simplified.
Control CO₂, smoke, and scope cleaning all in one place — working with the insufflator, tubing, and cannulas your OR already uses.
Insufflation is the bottleneck — and smoke evacuation makes it worse.
- Most insufflators can deliver CO₂ at a high flow rate — but don’t.
- Luer locks create inherent bottlenecks to gas flow.
- Insufflation is typically limited to a single laparoscopic or robotic cannula.
- Gas flow is further restricted when instruments are placed through the cannula.
- Luer lock connectors frequently disconnect from the cannula, causing loss of pneumoperitoneum.
- Electrosurgical smoke obscures visualization.
- Smoke evacuation and suctioning can rapidly drop pneumoperitoneum.
- Complicated options exist that are expensive and require larger incisions.
Reliably fast CO₂ insufflation.
No new capital equipment
Works with traditional insufflators using standard insufflation tubing — no need for expensive specialized insufflators, filtered tubing, or specialized trocars.
Any cannula, small fascial incisions
Works with all laparoscopic and robotic cannulas and does not require larger cannulas — avoiding the larger fascial incisions associated with hernias, and potentially the need for fascial closure devices.
Evacuate smoke, hold pressure
Allows ample smoke evacuation while retaining reliable pneumoperitoneum. Two built-in foam channels hold anti-fog solution for scope cleaning, and the hub facilitates cord management.
Cost savings without compromise
One hub distributes CO₂ across multiple cannulas instead of forcing it through one, keeps a “parking spot” for the tube when it is not in use, and puts scope cleaning within reach — without adding specialized insufflators or trocars to the case cost.
PneumoHub™ is expected to be available March 2027.
Patents
The following NinoMed products are protected by one or more of the patents below. This notice is provided as virtual patent marking under 35 U.S.C. § 287(a).
Safe-T-Secure® · STS-BodyPad™ · Pluma-Soft Head-To-Toe™
U.S. utility patents 10,512,578 · 11,026,854 · 12,023,282 · 12,636,213
U.S. design patent D851,258
European patents 2,988,717 · 3,545,932 · 3,939,557 — validated in Spain (ES 2,900,509) and Portugal (PT 3,939,557)
Additional U.S. and international applications pending.
PneumoHub™
U.S. utility patent 12,420,036
European patent 4,355,396 · Australian patent 2022357556
Design U.S. application 29/995,870 (issue fee paid) · Canadian industrial design application 243462 (pending)