ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,931, issued on May 13, was assigned to SCHIVO MEDICAL Ltd. (Waterford, Ireland).

"Centering electronic rotary valve" was invented by Krzysztof Parzych (Burlington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Centering Electronic Rotary Valve (CERV) includes a drive system and a rotor structure comprising a rotor fluid channel input opening communicated with a rotor fluid channel output opening via a rotor fluid directional channel that is moveable via a rotor shaft. The rotor fluid channel input opening is adjacent to and aligned with one of a plurality of stator input channel bottom opening. The rotor fluid channel output opening is adja...