US Patent Issued to Fenwal on Sept. 16 for "Small volume processing systems and methods with capacitive sensing" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,165, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Fenwal Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

"Small volume processing systems and methods with capacitive sensing" was invented by Christopher J. Wegener (Libertyville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid processing system may include a flow control cassette comprising at least one interface sensor chamber in fluid communication with at least one of a plurality of separate channels, the at least one interface sensor chamber defined at least in part by a wall, and at least one capacitive sensor disposed on the wall of the at least one interface sensor chamber. The fluid processing system may inclu...