ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,449, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Automated Systems of Tacoma LLC (Tacoma, Wash.).
"Rapid bag filling system" was invented by Steven Ng (Kent, Wash.) and Michael Moore (Gig Harbor, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed toward an aseptic bag filling system. In some embodiments, the aseptic bag filling system selectively and aseptically fills sterilized bags with a fluid. The bags are dispensed from a magazine that stores the bags while the bags are fluidly coupled to a fluid manifold via respective fluid pathways. The bags define a closed system, the interior of which, after sterilization, is not exposed ...