ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,613, issued on July 21, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Imaging chamber for an imaging system" was invented by Andy Walker Brown (Richardson, Texas), Ronald W. Myers (Dublin, Ohio) and Daniel Yee (Fort Mill, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging chamber configured to receive a flow of a fluid sample is provided. The imaging chamber includes a reservoir and an imaging window. The reservoir includes a contrast-enhancing agent and is configured to receive the flow of the fluid sample. The imaging window of the imaging chamber is downstream from the reservoir."

The patent was filed on March 1, 2...