ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,678, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Merxin Ltd (King's Lynn, Great Britain).
"Apparatus and method of pre-preparing a liquid delivery device valve for use" was invented by Adam Stuart (Pott Row, Great Britain) and Dylan Antoniak (King's Lynn, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of pre-preparing a liquid delivery device valve includes (i) fluidically connecting at least that part of the liquid delivery device that contains the valve to a pumping system; (ii) connecting the pumping system to a fluid reservoir; (iii) running the pumping system so that fluid from the reservoir is forced through the valve under press...