ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,769, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Fenwal Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).
"Optical device and method for measuring flow rate" was invented by Benjamin E. Kusters (Pleasant Prairie, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sensor device configured for use in combination with a fluid flowing through a tubing, the optical sensor device includes a light source configured to emit a light, with at least a portion of the light being exposed to a fluid in the tubing and reflected, an optical sensor configured to receive at least a portion of the reflected light and analyze at least a portion of the received reflected light to determine ...