US Patent Issued to Magnolia Medical Technologies on May 6 for "Fluid control devices and methods of using the same" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,363, issued on May 6, was assigned to Magnolia Medical Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Fluid control devices and methods of using the same" was invented by Gregory J. Bullington (Seattle), Jay M. Miazga (Langley, Wash.), Shan E. Gaw (Seattle) and Timothy F. Ramsey (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid control device includes an inlet configured to be placed directly or indirectly in fluid communication with a bodily fluid source and an outlet configured to be placed in fluid communication with a fluid collection device. The fluid control device has a first state in which a negative pressure differential produced from an exter...