US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on March 11 for "Automated weight based fluid output monitoring system" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,146, issued on March 11, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Automated weight based fluid output monitoring system" was invented by Eric A. Rehm (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Anthony S. Esposito (Oxford, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an automated weight based fluid output monitoring system that can include a hanger having a securement ball defining a spherical surface and configured to engage a socket. The securement ball can include a sensor array configured to detect a change in pressure between the securement ball and the socket as well as a direction of force relative to a transverse axis of the...