US Patent Issued to Bayer HealthCare on May 27 for "Patient line air detection and reuse prevention" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,158, issued on May 27, was assigned to Bayer HealthCare LLC (Whippany, N.J.).

"Patient line air detection and reuse prevention" was invented by John Volkar (Valencia, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An administration line for use with a fluid injector system includes a fluid verification module configured to be in operative communication with a housing of the fluid injector system such that the fluid injector system can determine a status of the administration line. The fluid verification module includes a body defining an inlet port, an outlet port, and a fluid channel extending from the inlet port to the outlet port; a first tub...