ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,015, issued on May 26, was assigned to Keymed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Ltd. (Southend-on-Sea, Great Britain).
"Peristaltic pump pressure measurement system" was invented by Gareth Sykes (Southend-on-Sea, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peristaltic pump including: a rotor, a track, a biasing material configured to resiliently bias the track towards the rotor to compress a flexible tube between the track and the rotor during operation of the pump, and at least one sensor configured to measure movement of the track relative to the rotor during operation of the peristaltic pump and to output a signal indicative of a...