US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Aug. 18 for "Independent dual actuation piezo valve for magnetic resonance environments" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,107, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Independent dual actuation piezo valve for magnetic resonance environments" was invented by Dimitri George Kostakis (Orlando, Fla.), Bruce Geoffrey Appleton (Orlando, Fla.), Avraham Yeini (Orlando, Fla.) and David Cocco (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrically-controllable piezo valves comprising independent, dual actuation piezo elements, systems incorporating such valves, and methods of controlling a fluid flow using such valves are described herein. These valves, systems, and methods find particular application in the fiel...