ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,217, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CYTIVA SWEDEN AB (Uppsala, Sweden).
"Air trapping device and nozzle therefore" was invented by Nils Stafstrom (Uppsala, Sweden), Bjorn Johansson (Uppsala, Sweden) and Andreas Marcstrom (Uppsala, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a nozzle for an air trapping device configured to remove air from a fluid, the nozzle comprising a body having an input opening configured to receive the fluid and an output opening configured to distribute the fluid along an edge of the output opening, wherein the edge comprises a control element configured to reduce surface tensi...