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Patent No.:

US 10894638 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2016

System, method, and apparatus for monitoring, regulating, or controlling fluid flow

Applicant:

Deka Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);

Inventors:

Bob D. Peret, Bedford, NH (US);

Brian H. Yoo, Cambridge, MA (US);

Derek G. Kane, Manchester, NH (US);

Dean Kamen, Bedford, NH (US);

Colin H. Murphy, Cambridge, MA (US);

John M. Kerwin, Manchester, NH (US);

Assignee:

DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);

Attorney:

James D. Wyninegar, Jr.

Primary Examiner:

Sean Shechtman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 47/20 (2006.01); F16K 31/02 (2006.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 39/28 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01); F16M 13/00 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); F16K 7/06 (2006.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); F16K 1/00 (2006.01); F16K 7/04 (2006.01); G01F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 47/2018 (2013.01); A61M 5/14 (2013.01); A61M 5/1411 (2013.01); A61M 5/14212 (2013.01); A61M 5/16804 (2013.01); A61M 5/16877 (2013.01); A61M 5/16881 (2013.01); A61M 5/172 (2013.01); A61M 39/281 (2013.01); F16K 1/00 (2013.01); F16K 7/04 (2013.01); F16K 7/06 (2013.01); F16K 31/02 (2013.01); F16M 11/041 (2013.01); F16M 13/00 (2013.01); F16M 13/022 (2013.01); G01F 11/30 (2013.01); G05D 7/0635 (2013.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61M 39/284 (2013.01); A61M 2005/14208 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3576 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); Y10T 137/7287 (2015.04);
Abstract

An apparatus, system and method for regulating fluid flow are disclosed. The apparatus includes a flow rate sensor and a valve. The flow rate sensor uses images to estimate flow through a drip chamber and then controls the valve based on the estimated flow rate. The valve comprises a rigid housing disposed around the tube in which fluid flow is being controlled. Increasing the pressure in the housing controls the size of the lumen within the tube by deforming the tube, therefore controlling flow through the tube.

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