ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,555, issued on July 14, was assigned to Analog Devices Inc. (Norwood, Mass.).

"Fluid delivery system" was invented by David Frank Bolognia (Charlestown, Mass.), J Brian Harrington (Upton, Mass.) and Vikram Venkatadri (Ayer, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow control system is disclosed. The flow control system can include a flow meter positioned at a first location of a flow path of a fluid substance, and a valve positioned at a second location of the flow path of the fluid substance. The flow meter can include a molded non-conductive housing, a heating element that is at least partially embedded in the housing, and a sensin...