Patent ID: 8685751

Claim:
A method of regulating a fluid flow comprising: providing a first fluid source and a second fluid source; providing a regulator having a configuration which defines an internal chamber and comprising one or more inlets and one or more outlets; generating a first fluid flow from said first fluid source and a second fluid flow from said second fluid source; receiving said first fluid flow in said regulator; assessing a level of a fluid flow characteristic of said first fluid flow in said regulator; comparing said level of said fluid flow characteristic of said first fluid flow in said regulator with a predetermined level of said characteristic of said first fluid flow; receiving said second fluid flow having second fluid flow characteristics in said regulator; establishing a flexible barrier having a first barrier surface and a second barrier surface each of which correspondingly engage to said first fluid flow and said second fluid flow inside the regulator; adjusting at least one of said second fluid flow characteristics of said second fluid flow engaged with said first fluid flow to regulate the level of the fluid flow characteristic of the first fluid flow within the regulator to establish said predetermined level of said characteristic in said first fluid flow; and allowing the first fluid flow having said predetermined level of said fluid flow characteristic to exit the regulator through one or more outlets and allowing the second fluid flow to exit the regulator through one or more outlets.