ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,576, issued on June 3, was assigned to EITAN MEDICAL LTD. (Netanya, Israel).
"Infusion pump with toggling capability" was invented by Shaul Eitan (Hofit, Israel), Boaz Eitan (Hofit, Israel) and Amir Rasowsky (Yakir, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infusion pump includes upstream and downstream valves, a pressing surface disposed between the valves which presses on an infusion tube, a pressure sensor which measures pressure within the infusion tube, and a controller. In response to the pressure, the controller determines that there is an occlusion in the infusion tube downstream of the downstream valve, and in response thereto...