Hittman Corporation

Glenn A Meyer

Fred Hittman

Lewis Fleischmann

A non-invasive nuclear device for communicating pressure inside a body to the exterior, such as from within the cranium, bladder or vena cava, of an animal or human, the device including a housing having an interior communicating through a conduit of deformable metallic material with a fluid pressure sensing device positioned within the body portion being monitored, the housing being mounted on the body adjacent the body portion being monitored, a shaped mass of radioactive material together with radiation shield means being disposed within the housing interior together with urging means for producing a predetermined shielding relationship between the radioactive mass and the shield means, the radioactive mass being supported on the urging means for guide movement relative to the shield means and the sensed pressure being exerted through a pressure transmitting fluid flowing within the deformable metal conduit against the urging means for modifying the shielding relationship between the radioactive mass and the shield means proportionally with a change in fluid pressure in the body cavity thereby producing a radioactive output from the radioactive mass corresponding to the magnitude of the fluid pressure in the body position being monitored together with an ambient pressure sensing device mounted on the housing for applying ambient pressure through a pressure transmitting fluid to the urging means in opposition to the sensed body cavity pressure to compensate for changes in ambient pressure.

Non-invasive nuclear device for communicating pressure inside a body to

A pressure sensor apparatus primarily for sensing pressure in a body cavity such as the cranium, bladder or vena cava of an animal or human comprising a housing having a diaphragm dividing the interior of the housing into two chambers. A member containing filter material is connected to the housing and communicates with one of the chambers formed in the housing. The other chamber contains radioactive fluid and is connected to a variable volume chamber that receives a volume of radioactive fluid which is proportional to the pressure sensed by the flexible member. A radiation detector senses the volume of radioactive fluid in the variable volume chamber.

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Brookfield, WI, United States of America

Glenn A Meyer