US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on April 15 for "Priming valve to induce appropriate pressure and flow profile and improve sensor readiness" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,534, issued on April 15, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Priming valve to induce appropriate pressure and flow profile and improve sensor readiness" was invented by Andrew C. Farinella (Oradell, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A priming valve includes a fluid flow path, a fluid inlet configured to couple to a fluid outlet of a fluid channel including at least one sensor configured to characterize at least one attribute of a fluid, a fluid outlet, a valve seat, and a connector. The connector engages the valve seat to prevent fluid flow via the fluid flow path. The connector is configured to move re...