ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,170, issued on May 27, was assigned to SARTORIUS CHROMATOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT (Pompey, France).
"Assembly of fluid modules" was invented by Jerome Chevalier (Pournoy-la-Grasse, France) and Thierry Brocki (Malzeville, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes: a first fluidic module comprising a block comprising a first face, one or more central conduits, at least one lateral line connected to one of the central conduits, and a first closure member configured so as to close or open the at least one lateral line; and a second fluidic module comprising a block comprising a first face, a first central conduit, a first latera...