ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,174, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).
"Method for calculating infusion rate using a drip chamber" was invented by Wantjinarjo Suwito (West Linn, Ore.) and Ryan Callahan (Long Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for calculating an infusion rate in a drip chamber includes: providing a housing that receives a fluid, the housing received the fluid at a distal end and expels the fluid at a proximal end, the housing includes a reference mark; receiving, at the proximal end of the housing, a flow controller rotatably coupled to the housing, the flow controller includes an aperture extending...