ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,740, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FLUIGENT (Le Kremlin Bicetre, France).
"Apparatus for controlling positive and negative pressure or flow in a fluidic system" was invented by Cristian Glavana (Viroflay, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples are disclosed that relate to an apparatus for controlling pressure or flow in a fluidic system. The apparatus comprises a main inlet/outlet and a uni-directional pumping device configured to pump gas from an inlet of the pumping device to an outlet of the pumping device. The apparatus further comprises a valves array and a control unit. The control unit is configured to set the val...