Invention Application
- Patent Title: DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE FLOW OF A FLUID IN A TUBE MOVED BY A PERISTALTIC PUMP
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Application No.: US17519294Application Date: 2021-11-04
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Publication No.: US20220145873A1Publication Date: 2022-05-12
- Inventor: Michele Alessio DELLUTRI , Fabio PASSANITI , Enrico Rosario ALESSI
- Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Priority: IT102020000026666 20201109
- Main IPC: F04B43/12
- IPC: F04B43/12 ; F04B49/06

Abstract:
Various embodiments provide a device for measuring the flow of fluid inside a tube moved by a peristaltic pump is provided with: a detection electrode arrangement coupled to the tube to detect an electrostatic charge variation originated by the mechanical action of the peristaltic pump on the tube; a signal processing stage, electrically coupled to the detection electrode arrangement to generate an electrical charge variation signal; and a processing unit, coupled to the signal processing stage to receive and process in the frequency domain the electrical charge variation signal to obtain information on the flow of a fluid that flows through the tube based on the analysis of frequency characteristics of the electrical charge variation signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US11946467B2 Device and method for measuring the flow of a fluid in a tube moved by a peristaltic pump Public/Granted day:2024-04-02
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