Abstract:
A replaceable device for an analysis system, comprising a sampling probe in fluid connection with a fluid inlet connected to a feed tube and a fluid outlet connected to a return tube, pressurizing means, said pressurizing means pressurizing a fluid, said fluid being in fluid connection with said fluid inlet, where, prior to use said pressurizing means, said fluid connections, said probe and said fluid is contained in a sterile package.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to dielectric actuators or sensors of the kind wherein electrostatic attraction between two electrodes located on an elastomeric body leads to a compression of the body in a first direction and a corresponding extension of the body in a second direction. The dielectric actuator/sensor structure comprises a first sheet of elastomeric material having at least one smooth surface and a second surface and a second sheet of elastomeric material having at least one smooth surface and a second surface. The sheets are laminated together with their second surfaces exposed, and there is provided a first electrode on the second surface of the first sheet and second electrode on the second surface of the second sheet.
Abstract:
Es wird ein Betätigungselement angegeben mit einem Körper aus einem Elastomermaterial, der auf zwei einander gegenüberliegenden Begrenzungsflächen mit jeweils einer Elektrodenanordnung (3) versehen ist, von denen mindestens eine mehrere in Querrichtung (6) ihrer Begrenzungsfläche durchgehende erste Elektroden (7) aufweist. Man möchte die Dynamik eines derartigen Betätigungselements verbessern können. Hierzu weist die Elektrodenanordnung (3) zweite Elektroden (9) auf, von denen jeweils mehrere in Lücken (8, 8a, 8b) zwischen benachbarten ersten Elektroden (7) angeordnet sind und diese verbinden, wobei die zweiten Elektroden (9, 9') in benachbarten Lücken (8a, 8b) versetzt zueinander angeordnet sind.
Abstract:
The invention provides a multilayer composite which comprises at least two composites. Each composite comprises a film made of a dielectric material and having a front surface and rear surface. The front surface comprises a surface pattern of raised and depressed surface portions. Furthermore, each composite comprises a first electrically conductive layer being deposited onto the surface pattern. The electrically conductive layer has a corrugated shape which is formed by the surface pattern of the film. The multilayer composite can be utilised for conversion between electrical and mechanical energies and can therefore be used as a transducer.
Abstract:
The invention provides a composite comprising a film made of a dielectric material. The film has a first surface and second surface, and at least the first surface comprises a surface pattern of raised and depressed surface portions. Furthermore, the film comprises a first electrically conductive layer being deposited onto the surface pattern. The electrically conductive layer has a corrugated shape which is formed by the surface pattern of the film. Thus, the present invention relates to micromechanical design of a composite substantially modifying its macro-electro-mechanical properties.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to apparatus for delivering a controlled or restricted flow of liquid and limiting bubble fragmentation at the inlet. This is achieved in flow restrictor with a flow channel having over most of its length a substantially constant, minimum hydraulic diameter D = 4A/W wherein A is the minimum local cross-sectional area of the channel and W is the minimum local wetting perimeter of the channel, by smoothly widening the channel at its inlet such that: at distances z from the inlet face with 0 1 the channel has a hydraulic diameter D z ≥ k * D wherein k ≥ 1.3; at distances z from the inlet face with z 1 2 , the channel has a hydraulic diameter D z with k * D ≥ D z ≥ D; and at distances from the inlet face with z 2 z with D z ≤ 1.02D, except possibly for a similar widening of the channel at the outlet. It has been found that widening the flow channel at the inlet, such that its diameter increases smoothly and gradually, and preferably by a factor of at least 1.3 over a length of at least 3 channel diameters, significantly reduces the tendency towards bubble fragmentation in microcapillary flow restrictors, and also substantially increases the yield of devices which operate well.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an elastic bandage for supporting a body extremity such as a leg. Such bandages are used to overcome problems with fluid retention and swelling in the legs, occurring as a consequence of varicose veins, vascular incompetence, pregnancy, etc. It is a task of this invention to supply an active support for a body extremity such as a leg, which can be used by a person underneath the clothes and will not reduce the mobility of the patient. This task is solved in that an elastic bandage comprises an elastic layer for surrounding a body extremity to exert compressive force on the extremity, the bandage being, at least partly, formed by elastomeric actuation elements, whereby electrical control of the compressive force is possible, and where the control is due to a signal from some sensing system.
Abstract:
The invention provides a membrane pump e.g. for a mini or micro channel system. The pump has a fluid conduit from an inlet through a displacement chamber with a variable volume to an outlet. The conduit is formed in a first component, and a displacement actuation structure adapted to affect volume change of the displacement chamber as well as an upstream and a downstream valve structure adapted force the fluid in one direction are separated from the fluid and detachably attachable to an outer surface of a first component which forms the fluid conduit. The invention therefore facilitate a simple and reliable pump of which some components can be reused while one component which is contaminated by the pumped fluid, can be disposed of.
Abstract:
This invention relates generally to elastomeric sensors of the type where two electrodes are placed on opposite sides of an elastomeric corrugated core. More specifically, this invention relates to the application of such sensors as a shear force sensor structure. It is a task of this invention to disclose a device, by means of which elastomeric sensors can be used for sensing shear forces.
Abstract:
A tactile sensor element is disclosed comprising a first pressure transfer layer and a second pressure transfer layer, an elastomeric body arranged between the first and second pressure transfer layers, the body having a first and a second surface opposed to each other, the first and second surfaces having corrugations to allow displacement of elastomeric body material in a predetermined direction perpendicular to the corrugations when exposed to a contact pressure on at least one of the surfaces, a first electrode arranged on the first surface and the second electrode arranged on the second surface, the first and the second electrodes being connectable to external means for determining the capacitance of a capacitor formed by the elastomeric body and the electrodes, where at least one pressure transfer layer has at least one portion of increased thickness. Further disclosed is a tactile sensor array comprising a plurality of sensor elements according to any of the above claims, wherein the sensor elements are arranged in a row and column configuration for the determination of local pressure variations over the surface area of the sensor array, and wherein the plurality of sensor elements being integrally formed in a common elastomeric body member.