ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,509, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).
"Infusion pump sensing system" was invented by Daniel M. Abal (San Diego), Brendan John Burgess (Poway, Calif.) and Ramkumar Subramanian (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Force sensing assemblies for an infusion pump are provided. A force sensing assembly includes a processor and an occlusion sensor coupled to the processor. The occlusion sensor is positioned opposed to an occluder valve when the platen is closed. The force sensing assembly measures one or more forces exerted on a fluid tube during a pump cycle. Infusion pump assemblies, methods of opera...