US Patent Issued to Stryker on May 13 for "Fluid management systems and methods" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,155, issued on May 13, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Fluid management systems and methods" was invented by Benjamin T. Lorman (Solon, Ohio), Matthew R. Biats (Chardon, Ohio), Paul A. Marijan (Parma Heights, Ohio) and Jeffrey P. Minnich (Elyria, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure regulator includes a first chamber having an inlet opening for fluidly connecting to a first pressure source; a second chamber having an outlet opening for supplying a regulated pressure to a regulated site; a third chamber having a pressure opening for connecting to a second pressure source; and a flexible membrane fluidly isol...