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Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2021
Applicant:

C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Jason Jishen Cheng, Avondale Estates, GA (US);

Christopher K. Brooks, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Assignee:

C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3379 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1085 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a dynamic pressure response drainage system including control logic configured to enable measuring of residual fluid disposed within the drainage lumen. The residual fluid volume is measured by detecting the magnitude of the dynamic pressure response in the system containing the residual fluid when a sudden displacement (e.g. increase or decrease) of air volume occurs inside the system. The pressure burst magnitude is related to the pressure needed to move the mass of fluid, thus the fluid volume can be calculated from measurements of the burst pressure. The magnitude of the measured air pressure exhibits a dynamic pressure response corresponding to the mass of fluid in the tube. Either positive or negative pressure bursts can be used to produce and measure the corresponding positive or negative dynamic response spike pressure.


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