ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,288, issued on March 4.
"Apparatus and method for monitoring differential pressure" was invented by Hilary C. Antonioli (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure monitoring device used to monitor for leaks in a tool such as a medical endoscope. The device includes a housing having an internal volume fluidically coupled with an internal volume of the tool to form a combined internal volume. A pump changes the pressure inside the combined internal volume thereby establishing a baseline pressure at a pressure differential from the ambient environment. During operation of the tool, the pressure inside the combined internal v...