ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,807, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Human Hydrology Devices (Houston).
"Fluid flow control systems and methods" was invented by Jed-Sian Cheng (Houston), Mostafa Jubayar Hasan (Houston) and Matthew S. Richards (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling fluid flow are described. In some aspects, a system may include a first port, a second port, and a third port. The system may be configured to be in a first state if a male fitting of a device is not inserted in a female fitting of the third port. The valve may block a first fluid path defined between the first port and the third port if the system is...