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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
May. 23, 2019
Nxstage Medical, Inc., Lawrence, MA (US);
James M. Brugger, Newburyport, MA (US);
Dennis M. Treu, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Jeffrey H. Burbank, Boxford, MA (US);
Scott W. Newell, Ipswich, MA (US);
William J. Schnell, Libertyville, IL (US);
Kenneth E. Buckler, Methuen, MA (US);
NxStage Medical, Inc., Lawrence, MA (US);
Abstract
A pressure measurement pod for use in blood circuits includes a pressure sensing pod defining a chamber and having a rigid wall portion and an integral flexible wall portion forming a flexible, moveable, fluid-impermeable diaphragm with a first major side thereof facing an interior of the chamber and a second major side opposite the first major side. The second major side faces outwardly away from the chamber, and the pod has ports on sides of the chamber. The internal surfaces of the chamber and ports are shaped such that any contour following the internal surfaces to the outside of one of the ports traces only surfaces characterized by positive or neutral draft angles such that invasive mold portions may be withdrawn through the ports thereby permitting the pressure measurement pod to be molded in a single shot molding process.