ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,971, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Gulfstream Inc. (Cambridge, Canada).
"System for adapting foot spas for use with disposable pumps" was invented by Chris Alexander (Cambridge, Canada) and Minh Sang Tran (Cambridge, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for use with a spa adapted for use with a pump having a drive hub. The system comprises an adapter and a disposable pump. The adapter: has a housing defining a recess, a rotor in the recess and an operative position; and is adapted, when operatively positioned: for rotation of the rotor upon rotation of the drive hub. The disposable pump has: a housing having a pair of ...