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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Meijer, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
IMED Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340632 ; 7386104 ; 128D / ; 356 39 ;
Abstract
A detector for automatically determining the presence of air in a fluid line comprises a plurality of ON-OFF optical sensors selectively disposed in series along the axis of a portion of an I.V. tube according to their relative light sensitivity and according to their dependence upon direct or refracted light for activation. An alarm condition indicates air-in-line when predetermined individual sensors change their ON or OFF condition in accordance with a microprocessor programmed logic sequence.