ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,854, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Edwards Ltd. (Burgess Hill, Great Britain).
"Valve module for a vacuum pumping system" was invented by Michael John Norrington (Burgess Hill, Great Britain), Helen Shaw (Burgess Hill, Great Britain) and Stephen Phillip (Burgess Hill, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve module for a vacuum pumping system, comprising: a plurality of inlets for receiving a fluid; a plurality of pressure sensors, each configured to measure a fluid pressure associated with a respective inlet; a first fluid line manifold; a second fluid line manifold; a plurality of multifurcating conduits, each conn...