ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,947, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Fluid pumping systems, devices and methods" was invented by Brian D. Tracey (Litchfield, N.H.), Larry B. Gray (Merrimack, N.H.), Jason A. Demers (Manchester, N.H.), James D. Dale (Milton, Fla.), N. Christopher Perry (Manchester, N.H.), Michael J. Wilt (Windham, N.H.) and Scott A. Leonard (Bedford, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to certain types of reciprocating positive-displacement pumps (which may be referred to hereinafter as "pods," "pump pods," or "pod pumps") used to pump fluids, such as a bio...