Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pressure measurement devices, methods, and systems
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Application No.: US15800901Application Date: 2017-11-01
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Publication No.: US10345175B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: James M. Brugger , Dennis M. Treu , Jeffrey H. Burbank , Scott W. Newell , William J. Schnell , Kenneth E. Buckler
- Applicant: NxStage Medical, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Lawrence
- Assignee: NxStage Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NxStage Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Lawrence
- Agency: Potomac Law Group, PLLC
- Agent Mark Catan
- Main IPC: G01L9/00
- IPC: G01L9/00 ; G01L19/00 ; A61M1/36

Abstract:
A pressure measurement pod for blood circuits can include a flexible, moveable, fluid-impermeable diaphragm and can be formed via either a one-shot or a two-shot molding process. A method of manufacturing a pressure measuring device can include providing first and second major mold parts having recesses defining major parts of a housing, and inserting pins in the first and second major mold parts, the pins being shaped to define a flow channel of a molded pressure measuring pod. One of the pins may have a major face that defines an internal surface of a diaphragm. The method may further include closing the first and second major mold parts with the pins therebetween and injection molding a pressure pod housing. Finally, the pressure pod is removed from the mold parts and the pins are withdrawn from the flow channel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180128698A1 Pressure Measurement Devices, Methods, and Systems Public/Granted day:2018-05-10
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