Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid flow rate measuring and gas bubble detecting apparatus
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Application No.: US15553917Application Date: 2016-02-26
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Publication No.: US10583239B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Christian Loderer , Wesley Scott Ashton
- Applicant: Maquet Cardiopulmonary AG , Christian Loderer , Wesley Scott Ashton
- Applicant Address: DE Rastatt
- Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GmbH
- Current Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Rastatt
- Agent Wesley Scott Ashton
- International Application: PCT/US2016/019771 WO 20160226
- International Announcement: WO2016/138380 WO 20160901
- Main IPC: A61M1/36
- IPC: A61M1/36 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B5/145 ; G01F1/00 ; A61B8/06 ; A61B5/01 ; A61B5/026 ; A61M1/14 ; A61M39/28 ; G01F1/66

Abstract:
A fluid flow sensing and bubble detecting apparatus includes a housing comprising a channel configured to receive a tube through which fluid flows; a sensor apparatus disposed within the housing, which includes a first sensor operable to measure flow rate of fluid and to detect bubbles in flowing fluid; and a temperature sensor operable to detect temperature of the flowing fluid; and a processor connected to receive fluid flow rate data obtained by the first sensor, to receive bubble detection data obtained by the first sensor, and to receive fluid temperature data obtained by the temperature sensor, wherein when a tube through which fluid flows is disposed in the channel of the housing, the first sensor measures the flow rate of the flowing fluid and detects bubbles therein, and the temperature sensor measures the temperature of the flowing fluid, and the processor calculates in a short period of time a fluid flow rate corrected for temperature. All sensors are non-invasive and have no direct contact to the fluid in the tube, which might be blood. In accordance with additional embodiments, the fluid flow rate is additionally corrected for hemoglobin or hematocrit, and the effect of oxygen saturation on the hemoglobin or hematocrit data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180110913A1 FLUID FLOW RATE MEASURING AND GAS BUBBLE DETECTING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-04-26
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