US Patent Issued to Magnolia Medical Technologies on Sept. 15 for "Fluid control devices and methods of using the same" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,848, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Magnolia Medical Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Fluid control devices and methods of using the same" was invented by Gregory J. Bullington (Seattle), Jay M. Miazga (Langley, Wash.), Shan E. Gaw (Seattle) and Timothy F. Ramsey (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid control device includes an inlet configured to be placed in fluid communication with a bodily fluid source and an outlet configured to be placed in fluid communication with a fluid collection device, which can produce a negative pressure differential between the outlet and the inlet. A sequestration portion is in fluid commu...