US Patent Issued to BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, BAXTER HEALTHCARE on Feb. 10 for "Additive pneumatic manifold" (Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,495, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. (Deerfield, Ill.) and BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Additive pneumatic manifold" was invented by Richard Anderson Doe (Gurnee, Ill.), Scott M. Wentz (Grayslake, Ill.), John Joseph Clohessy (Crystal Lake, Ill.), Luis Ernesto Criales Escobar (Grayslake, Ill.) and Donald Smith (Trevor, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive manifold includes a valve side including a plurality of valve mounts; and a tube fitting side including a plurality of integrally formed tube fittings. The additive manifold includes at least one passageway formed between the...