Optical Technologies, Inc.

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Robert E Einzig

Charles M Davis

Clarence J Zarobila

Fluid flow sensing apparatus for in vivo and industrial applications

A fiber optical fiber fluid flow measuring device is provided for in vivo determination of blood flow in arteries. The device includes a fiber optical fluid differential pressure measuring device having at least one optical fiber sensor which optical fiber sensor is positioned in the blood flow passage in a restricted flow area. The fiber optical differential pressure fluid sensor is connected to a divided interferometer associated with an opto-electronic demodulator which has an output signal representing the differential pressure in the sensed area. The device also has utility in industrial applications.

A single mode optical fiber is used to detect electrical currents or magnetic fields from a source to a high degree of accuracy. Phase modulation of an optical beam is used to determine the changes of physical properties of a magnetostrictive material which jackets the fiber or around which the fiber is wound. An electromagnetic field, such as that emanating from a high intensity field wire, is measured by the device which acts as a current transformer and meters peak-to-peak electric currents of approximately 10,000 amperes or more with accuracy exceeding 0.1%. The invention structure of the device provides advantages such as operation safety, EMI immune leads, low cost, light weight, and dielectric construction among others.

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Herndon, VA, United States of America

Robert E Einzig