US Patent Issued to Baxter International, Baxter Healthcare on Oct. 21 for "Capacitive priming sensor for a medical fluid delivery system" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,252, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and Baxter Healthcare SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Capacitive priming sensor for a medical fluid delivery system" was invented by John Zafiris (Hawthorn Woods, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitive priming sensor for a medical fluid delivery system is disclosed. In an example embodiment, a priming sensor includes a housing including a recessed section configured to accept a portion of a patient tube. The housing includes a first electrode located adjacent to a portion of the patient tube when the portion of the patient tube is inserted int...