ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,077, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to AMSINO MEDICAL INC. (Shanghai).

"Enteral feeding pump systems, valve assemblies therefor and fluid flow control methods for same" was invented by Peter J. Sacchetti (North Falmouth, Mass.) and Carlo Ruggeri (Lincoln, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow selector valve assembly for an enteral feeding pump system (i.e., an enteral feeding pump system including a fluid delivery set with first and second feeding tubes, an enteral feeding pump and a pinching mechanism for regulating the flow of nutrient formula or water out of the first and second feeding tubes), and a twin port adapter for us...