Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System, method, and apparatus for estimating liquid delivery
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Application No.: US16241239Application Date: 2019-01-07
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Publication No.: US11024419B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Dean Kamen , John M. Kerwin , Colin H. Murphy
- 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 James D. Wyninegar, Jr.
- Main IPC: A61M5/142
- IPC: A61M5/142 ; G16H40/60 ; A61M5/168 ; A61M5/145 ; G16H20/17 ; G01F23/296

Abstract:
A pump includes a reservoir, a port, and a plunger. The reservoir delivers a liquid by discharging the liquid through the port coupled to the reservoir. A piston of the plunger defines a liquid side of the reservoir and a non-liquid side of the reservoir whereby movement of the plunger towards the liquid side of the reservoir discharges liquid through the port. The pump also includes a reference-volume assembly and/or a linear position sensor. The reference-volume assembly is coupled to the reservoir at an opposite end of the reservoir relative to the port and includes a reference-volume chamber in acoustic communication with the non-liquid side of the reservoir, a speaker disposed within the reference-volume chamber, and a reference microphone disposed within the reference-volume chamber. The pump estimate the amount of liquid discharged from the reservoir.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190134298A1 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING LIQUID DELIVERY Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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