US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision on June 24 for "Progressive cavity pump cartridge with infrared temperature sensors on fluid inlet and outlet" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,816, issued on June 24, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Progressive cavity pump cartridge with infrared temperature sensors on fluid inlet and outlet" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a pump, an inlet sensor, an outlet sensor, and a controller. The pump is configured for pumping fluid in a phacoemulsification system. The inlet sensor is coupled with an inlet port of the pump and is configured to sense an inlet temperature of the fluid at the inlet port. The outlet sensor is coupled with an outlet port of the pump and is configured to...