ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,849, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HAMILTON MEDICAL AG (Bonaduz, Switzerland).

"Measurement cuvette and radiation sensor, which can be detachably connected only in a predefined relative orientation" was invented by Felix Breitruck (Buchs, Switzerland), Jurg Roffler (Chur, Switzerland), Marie-Kristin Schreiber (Chur, Switzerland) and Christoph Schranz (Flasch, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement cuvette for detecting at least one fluid constituent of a fluid flowing through the measurement cuvette by means of electromagnetic radiation, includes: a channel, which extends through the measurement cuvette along a...