ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,774, issued on March 24, was assigned to Notation Labs Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Non-obstructive high-sensitivity flowmeter" was invented by David A. Daniel (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flowmeter including a body having a wall configured to communicate a fluid between an inlet and an outlet, and an ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal to another ultrasonic transducer along a path in the body. A plurality of reflectors are disposed in the wall and are configured to reflect the ultrasonic signal multiple times across the body along the path in the fluid flowing through the housing. ...