Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System, method, and apparatus for estimating liquid delivery
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Application No.: US13723251Application Date: 2012-12-21
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Publication No.: US09636455B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- 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: A61M5/168
- IPC: A61M5/168 ; A61M5/145 ; G06F19/00 ; G06Q50/22

Abstract:
A pump, related system, and related method are provided. The 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. The plunger has a piston coupled to a shaft and is disposed within the reservoir in sliding engagement with an inner surface of the reservoir. The piston 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 reference-volume assembly and/or linear position sensor may be used to estimate the amount of liquid discharged from the reservoir.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130204188A1 System, Method, and Apparatus for Estimating Liquid Delivery Public/Granted day:2013-08-08
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