ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,110, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Analog Devices Inc. (Wilmington, Mass.).

"Sensor module" was invented by Vikram Venkatadri (Ayer, Mass.) and David Frank Bolognia (Charlestown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor module is disclosed. The sensor module can include a housing body that is disposed about a cavity that is sized and shaped to receive a container in which a substance is disposed in an operational configuration of the sensor module. The sensor module can include a first electrode that is coupled to or formed with the housing body. The first electrode is disposed at a first peripheral position on the housing bo...