Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device to determine volume of fluid dispensed
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Application No.: US16407839Application Date: 2019-05-09
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Publication No.: US10995742B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Dean Kamen , Larry B. Gray , Russell H. Beavis , John M. Kerwin , Derek G. Kane
- Applicant: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Applicant Address: US NH Manchester
- Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Current Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
- Current Assignee Address: US NH Manchester
- Agent Michael George Norris
- Main IPC: F04B43/02
- IPC: F04B43/02 ; A61M5/145 ; A61M5/168 ; G05D7/06 ; F04B43/09 ; F04B7/00 ; A61M5/142 ; G01F22/00 ; A61M5/14 ; A61J1/20 ; F04B43/12 ; A61M5/172 ; G08C17/02 ; H04B7/26 ; G05B23/02 ; A61M5/158 ; A61B5/00 ; A61M5/50 ; A61M5/162 ; A61M5/36 ; A61B5/155

Abstract:
An apparatus for determining the volume of fluid dispensed. The apparatus has an acoustic volume sensor that acoustically excites a reference volume and a measurement chamber with a loudspeaker and measures the acoustic response with microphones acoustically coupled to the reference and the measurement chamber. The loudspeaker and sensing microphones are connected to the measurement chamber by separate ports. A detachable dispensing chamber is coupled to the acoustic volume sensor. The volume of the fluid dispensed is determined by a processor based on the acoustic response of the microphones to acoustic excitement by the loudspeaker.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190262554A1 Device to Determine Volume of Fluid Dispensed Public/Granted day:2019-08-29
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