Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hydrogel based device for detecting an environmental state
- Patent Title (中): 用于检测环境状态的基于水凝胶的装置
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Application No.: US12593305Application Date: 2008-04-02
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Publication No.: US08840839B2Publication Date: 2014-09-23
- Inventor: Ventzeslav Petrov Iordanov , Hendrika Cecilia Krijnsen , Michel Paul Barbara Van Bruggen , Anna-Maria Janner , Ralph Kurt
- Applicant: Ventzeslav Petrov Iordanov , Hendrika Cecilia Krijnsen , Michel Paul Barbara Van Bruggen , Anna-Maria Janner , Ralph Kurt
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP07105697 20070405
- International Application: PCT/IB2008/051224 WO 20080402
- International Announcement: WO2008/122926 WO 20081016
- Main IPC: G01N21/00
- IPC: G01N21/00 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/1459

Abstract:
A transducer device for detecting an environmental state within a biological material including a channel comprising a fluid, a hydrogel material, which is adapted to change its volume when getting into contact with an environmental material and/or when detecting an environmental change, and which is mechanically coupled to the channel such that the volume of the channel changes when the volume of the hydrogel material changes. The transducer device further includes a sensor, which is adapted to generate a signal upon detection of the change of a physical property of the fluid that is induced by the volume change of the channel. By applying the transducer device, an accurate monitoring of physiological parameters, for which the hydrogel material is sensitive is possible. It is also possible to apply the transducer device outside of the bodily lumen, for example to monitor the blood of a patient outside the bodily lumen.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100114072A1 HYDROGEL BASED DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN ENVIRONMENTAL STATE Public/Granted day:2010-05-06
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