ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,983, issued on July 22, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Fluid flow channel control system" was invented by Li-An Wu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Nien-Jen Chou (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chih-Wen Yang (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid flow channel control system includes a centrifugal cassette, valve plugs, a bolt, a drive module and a control unit. The centrifugal cassette includes a cassette body, valve seats, upper, lower and communicating flow channels. The valve seats are provided on the surface of the cassette body, the valve seats, the communicating, the upper and lower flo...