US Patent Issued to Edwards on April 21 for "Plasma torch device component monitoring" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,448, issued on April 21, was assigned to Edwards Ltd. (West Sussex, Great Britain).

"Plasma torch device component monitoring" was invented by Gary Peter Knight (Clevedon, Great Britain), Erik Wagenaars (York, Great Britain), Neil Condon (Burgess Hill, Great Britain) and Simone Magni (Clevedon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects and embodiments relate to plasma torch device component monitoring, a plasma torch device component monitoring system and a plasma torch device including such a monitoring system or suitable for use with such a system. The monitoring method comprises: collecting electromagnetic radiation ge...