ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,655, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Avent Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).
"Flow rate control for a cooled medical probe assembly" was invented by Ruoya Wang (Decatur, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cooling systems for medical probe assemblies are provided. For example, a cooling system comprises a pump assembly including a control unit having a controller, a motor, and a pump head driven by the motor; a fluid reservoir; a lumen for delivering a cooling fluid to the medical probe assembly distal end; tubing extending through the pump head for conveying the cooling fluid from the fluid reservoir to the lumen; and a flow sensor for sensin...