ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,731, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Repligen Corp. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Valve assembly with directional flow path" was invented by Michael C. Gagne (Carson City, Nev.), Steven V. Cates (Lakewood, Calif.), Dean C. Richards (Simi Valley, Calif.) and Scott Bendon (Wales, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly with a multidirectional flow path includes a valve body that includes respective hinged portions defining respective passageways extending through the valve body when in a closed state. A flexible conduit or tubing having a loop portion and a plurality of branches extending from the loop portion is at least p...