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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2020
Ecole Polytechnique Federale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Fabien Sorin, St-Sulpice, CH;
William Esposito, Genèva, CH;
Véronique Michaud, St-Saphorin-sur-Morges, CH;
Chaoqun Dong, Écublens, CH;
Baris Çaglar, Lausanne, CH;
Dang Tung Nguyen, Goleta, CA (US);
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
The present invention concerns an elongated capacitive sensor for fluid monitoring. The sensor comprising: a fibre support made of a dielectric material or dielectric composite material; and a first electrode and a second electrode arranged longitudinally along the fibre support, the first and second electrodes forming together with the fibre support a capacitive sensing element whose capacitance is dependent upon one or more electrical properties of one or more materials inside the support and/or outside the support, and/or is dependent upon a change of materials configuration and associated overall change of one or more electrical properties inside the support and/or outside the support.