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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt Weckstrom, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
Instrumentarium Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386152 ;
Abstract
Measuring detector and system for the measurement of gas flow, especially for the measurement of the pressure and/or flow of a patient's respiratory gas. The surface of the wall (2) of a flow channel (1) and/or the surface of a restricting element (3), said surface being in direct contact with the gas flow to be measured, is provided with an agent for reducing the contact angle (.theta.) of a water drop or a drop containing water to said surface in relation to the contact angle formed between a corresponding water drop and a corresponding surface not treated with such agent.