ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,012, issued on May 26, was assigned to FLUIGENT (Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France).
"Apparatus for controlling pressure or flow in a fluidic system" was invented by Cristian Glavana (Viroflay, France) and Jean-Louis Viovy (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an apparatus (2) for controlling pressure or flow in a fluidic system (3), the apparatus (2) comprising: a first connection device (301) comprising a pumping device (304) and a main outlet (310); a second connection device (302) comprising a flow restriction (305); a third connection device (303) comprising a valve with a modifiable aperture (306); wher...