ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,144, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Eva Medtec Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Fluid control valve module" was invented by Irene Waldridge (Shakopee, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly for select distributed discharge of received fluid in a predetermined manner is generally provided. The assembly includes a manifold and a rotatable valve body. The manifold has an internal chamber, a fluid ingress passage for receipt of fluid, and a plurality of fluid discharge conduits. The fluid ingress passage and fluid discharge conduits are in fluid communication with the internal chamber. A first internal chamber section is ch...