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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
May. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward Theodore Bullister, Newton, MA (US);
Peter Richard d'Entremont, Walpole, MA (US);
Assignee:
APEX Medical, Inc., East Walpole, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 0/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 0/500 ;
Abstract
A pressure sensor includes a tube for channeling a fluid therethrough. A seat is disposed in an outer surface of the tube, with a flexible diaphragm at the bottom thereof. The diaphragm is planar, and blends at its perimeter coextensively with an arcuate inner surface of the tube. A gauge is mounted in the seat above the diaphragm for measuring flexure thereof under pressure of the fluid inside the tube.