ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,182, issued on March 18, was assigned to Equlibar LLC (Fletcher, N.C.).
"Valve for single-use applications" was invented by Ryan Heffner (Asheville, N.C.), Jeffrey D. Jennings (Hendersonville, N.C.), David A. Reed (Hendersonville, N.C.) and Tony B. Tang (Asheville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single-use centerbody assembly for a valve includes: a centerbody, including: a process surface and a back surface; at least one inlet orifice disposed in the centerbody, and at least one outlet orifice disposed in the centerbody separate from the at least one inlet orifice; a peripheral surface extending between the process surface a...