ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,732, issued on Feb. 10.

"Radial processing device" was invented by Michael H Peters (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radial flow processing device includes a body with an inner chamber, a pair of inner and outer concentric tubes extending into the body, and a processing disk containing a central opening through which the inner tube extends, the disk being connected with the inner tube. The body has a top wall, a bottom wall, and at least one side wall which define the inner chamber. The bottom wall, top wall, or both, contain at least one opening through which at least one tube extends. A diameter of the inner tube is ...