US Patent Issued to Fenwal on June 3 for "Control of fluid flow during priming of a fluid flow circuit" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,527, issued on June 3, was assigned to Fenwal Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

"Control of fluid flow during priming of a fluid flow circuit" was invented by Jeffrey R Maher (Schaumburg, Ill.), Jonathan W. Prendergast (Palatine, Ill.), Brian C. Case (Lake Villa, Ill.), Steven R Katz (Deerfield, Ill.), Robert Crampton (Gurnee, Ill.) and Ryan DeLacey (Wheaton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid processing system includes a fluid processing device and a fluid flow circuit. The device includes a pump configured to convey a priming fluid through the circuit. The pressure in a conduit of the circuit is measured while the pump is operated ...