US Patent Issued to WEG Surgical Solutions on May 6 for "Air gap detectors in heating system for draped basin" (North Carolina, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,332, issued on May 6, was assigned to WEG Surgical Solutions LLC (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Air gap detectors in heating system for draped basin" was invented by Kevin Joseph Rackers (Summerfield, N.C.), Thomas J. Wanbaugh (Cary, N.C.) and Paul Grozier (Libertyville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating system for providing heat to a draped basin containing liquid above the drape. In addition to having at least one temperature sensor that controls a flow of electricity to the heating element, the system has at least one air gap detector in thermal contact with the heating element. Each air gap detector responding to a temperature ...