US Patent Issued to The University of British Columbia on Nov. 18 for "Fluid flow conduit with controlled hydrodynamics" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,937, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada).

"Fluid flow conduit with controlled hydrodynamics" was invented by Fariborz Taghipour (Burnaby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid flow conduit comprises a flow-shaping element shaped to control the velocity distribution of fluid flowing therethrough. A conduit body is shaped to define a longitudinally oriented interior flow region. The flow-shaping element comprises a flow-shaping channel shaped to provide a first curved channel portion curved about a longitudinal axis in a first angular direction to impart angular momentum abo...