Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for measuring flow of a liquid in a microfluidic circuit by determining gas and liquid pressures
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Application No.: US16072117Application Date: 2017-01-19
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Publication No.: US10677622B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Maël Le Berre , Mathieu Velve Casquillas
- Applicant: ELVESYS
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: ELVESYS
- Current Assignee: ELVESYS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Im IP Law
- Agent Chai Im; C. Andrew Im
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@703e8d5
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/051092 WO 20170119
- International Announcement: WO2017/125499 WO 20170727
- Main IPC: G01F1/48
- IPC: G01F1/48

Abstract:
A system to measure the flow rate of a liquid in a microfluidic circuit. The system includes a vessel that is partially filled with the liquid, a gaseous ceiling above the vessel and a pressure regulator to maintain the pressure of the gas in the gaseous ceiling at a predetermined value P1. A capillary pipe to extract the liquid from the vessel and to output the liquid at a pressure P2 lower than P1. A first inlet of the pressure sensor is connected to the gaseous ceiling, a second inlet of the pressure sensor is connected to the capillary pipe, and the outlet of the pressure sensor outputs a signal as a function of the pressure difference (P1−P2), which is a measurement representing the flow rate of pressurized P2 liquid supplied to the microfluidic circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190025100A1 SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE FLOW RATE OF A LIQUID AND USE OF SAME Public/Granted day:2019-01-24
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