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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2016
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Phillip W. Barth, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Mateusz B. Bryning, San Jose, CA (US);
Leslie A. Field, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A fluid sensing system () including a fluid channel () with an inlet () and an outlet (). A thermal device () is operably coupled thereto at a first position whereby thermal energy is transferable with fluid in the channel. A section of the fluid channel downstream of the first position has a predefined cross section and flow path. A thermal imaging device () is positioned to capture a thermal image of at least a portion of the downstream section. A processor () coupled with the thermal imaging device is configured to determine at least one output value representative of a property of the fluid medication or fluid flow using the thermal image. The output value may be the flow volume. In some embodiments, the fluid channel also defines a section upstream of the first position with the thermal imaging device capturing an image that includes at least portions of both the upstream and downstream sections.