US Patent Issued to INTERSURGICAL on March 24 for "Gas flow controller and a valve pin for a gas flow controller" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,795, issued on March 24, was assigned to INTERSURGICAL AG (Vaduz, Liechtenstein).

"Gas flow controller and a valve pin for a gas flow controller" was invented by Andrew Miller (Bracknell, Great Britain), Mark Browne (Wokingham, Great Britain) and Philip Dixon (Wokingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to gas flow controllers, for example to gas blender units such as an air/oxygen blender (2) for healthcare use, and to a valve (8) and valve pin (20,120) suitable for use in such a flow controller (20). In particular, a medical gas blender (2) is provided that avoids the need for pre-regulation by in...