ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,488, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Fresenius Vial SAS (Brezins, France).

"Method and apparatus for displaying progress information" was invented by Christine Durand (Chassieu, France) and Clement Vallois (Vinay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for displaying progress information on dispensing at least one fluid with at least one medical pump device (110), comprising: receiving, at a processing device (152), data associated with a total amount of the fluid to be dispensed; receiving, at the processing device (152), consecutively status information pertaining at least to an amount of the fluid already dispensed; dis...