ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,268, issued on March 25, was assigned to MOZARC MEDICAL US LLC (Minneapolis).

"Non-intrusive flow sensor" was invented by Vijaya Kumar Parari (Fridley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to systems, devices, and methods for sensing the volume of liquid in a container, such as within a medical device. The systems, devices, and methods can measure the properties of a signal sent across a container using non-intrusive components that remain outside the container. The measured properties can be used to determine the volume of liquid in the container, as well as changes to the volume of liquid representing flow i...