ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,311, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Bayer HealthCare LLC (Whippany, N.J.).
"System and method for syringe fluid fill verification and image recognition of power injector system features" was invented by Kevin Cowan (Allison Park, Pa.), Michael Spohn (Fenelton, Pa.) and Michael McDermott (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid injection system and a fluid verification system for confirming that a syringe, containing a fluid for injection, is fully filled with fluid and neither has free space (i.e., air) near the distal end thereof when the syringe is provided in an upright position nor contains air bubbles. Imaging processi...