ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,144, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Northstar Medical Technologies LLC (Beloit, Wis.).

"Clean rinsing reversing bypass rotary valve" was invented by Erik Bluemner (Verona, Wis.) and Dorian Lust (Columbus, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clean rinsing revering bypass rotary valve is provided. The valve can include a rotor and a stator. The stator can include one or more flow-through holes, each coupled to a fluid conduit in a valve housing. The rotor can include one or more rotor conduits. The rotor conduits can interact with the flow-through holes of the stator to create one or more configuration combos, each with a disti...