US Patent Issued to Magnolia Medical Technologies on Nov. 25 for "Fluid control devices and methods of using the same" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,301, issued on Nov. 25, 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: "An apparatus includes an inlet configured to be placed in fluid communication with a bodily fluid source and an outlet configured to be placed in fluid communication with a fluid collection device. A sequestration portion can be configured to receive an initial volume of bodily fluid. A flow controller disposed in the sequestration po...