ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,381, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Flow sensor sub-assembly in an ultrasonic flow meter including an absorber sleeve engaging a coupler and a flow tube" was invented by Kaushal Verma (Bridgewater, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow sensor sub-assembly for sensing flow of a fluidic medicament includes a flow tube having an inlet and an outlet, a first coupler secured to the inlet of the flow tube, a second coupler secured to the outlet of the flow tube, a first piezo element secured to the first coupler, a second piezo element secured to the second coupler to define a pr...