ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,451, issued on July 29, was assigned to Rheosense Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).
"Viscometer and methods for using the same" was invented by Seong-Gi Baek (Pleasanton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A viscometer includes a viscosity sensor with a liquid flow channel and at least two pressure sensors positioned along the liquid flow channel and configured to measure a pressure drop of a liquid flowing through the liquid flow channel, and a dispensing mechanism configured to cause dispensing of a liquid from the syringe to the viscosity sensor at a known flow rate. The dispensing mechanism and the viscosity sensor are configured to c...