ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,217, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).
"Pinching control of peristaltic pumps" was invented by Rafael Feliciano (New Providence, N.J.), Gregoire Charraud (Jersey City, N.J.) and Juwan Hong (Jersey City, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of prolonging the life of a peristaltic pump, including setting a timer for a predetermined rest time after the peristaltic pump is used, transmitting a micro pulse to a motor of the peristaltic pump after the predetermined rest time has elapsed, and shifting a motor roller from an initial position to a second position so that a pinch point of a tube of the peristaltic pum...