US 12,140,233 B2
High-pressure priming valve
Rachel Otte, Mansfield, MA (US); Ahmad Shehata, Denver, CO (US); Jocemar Ramina, Lexington, MA (US); Marco Catalani, Burlington, MA (US); David Harney, Stoneham, MA (US); John Michael Bernard, Stoughton, MA (US); Michael Ratigan, Scituate, RI (US); and Harshit Kumar Patel, Waterloo (CA)
Assigned to IDEX MPT INC., Westwood, MA (US)
Filed by MICROFLUIDICS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Westwood, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/073,932.
Application 18/073,932 is a continuation of application No. 17/326,667, filed on May 21, 2021, granted, now 11,519,512.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,745, filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109444 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16K 11/04 (2006.01); F16K 1/12 (2006.01); F16K 25/00 (2006.01); F16K 27/02 (2006.01); F16K 41/02 (2006.01); F16K 1/36 (2006.01); F16K 1/46 (2006.01); F16K 31/60 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 11/04 (2013.01) [F16K 1/12 (2013.01); F16K 25/005 (2013.01); F16K 27/0263 (2013.01); F16K 41/02 (2013.01); F16K 1/36 (2013.01); F16K 1/465 (2013.01); F16K 31/60 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid processor, comprising:
a pump having an inlet and an outlet;
a reaction chamber adapted to effect at least one of high shear fields or impinging jet reactions on a fluid;
a prime discharge line; and
a priming valve including:
a first port, a second port, and a third port in fluid communication, wherein the fluid enters the priming valve through the first port and exits through the second port,
a needle that blocks a fluid pathway to the third port in a closed configuration and facilitates the fluid pathway in an open configuration, wherein the priming valve is configured such that air contained in the fluid flows along the fluid pathway to the third port and to the prime discharge line when the needle is in the open configuration, and
wherein the fluid flows along a first fluid path from the pump to the first port, along a second fluid path from the first port to the second port, and along a third fluid path from the second port to the reaction chamber.