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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. 24, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Børge Stisen, Græsted, DK;
Assignee:
Maersk Medical A/S, Hundested, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/66 ; G01F 1/500 ; G01F 1/700 ; G01F 2/328 ; B65D 8/100 ; A61M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/66 ; G01F 1/500 ; G01F 1/700 ; G01F 2/328 ; B65D 8/100 ; A61M 1/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for measuring the discharge of a liquid, in particular urine, from a patient. The apparatus includes a measuring container ( ), means (H) for applying a first acoustic signal to the liquid-empty part of the measuring container ( ), means (H) for recording a second acoustic signal generated in the measuring container ( ) in response to the first signal, means ( ) for determining a current liquid amount in the measuring container ( ) on the basis of the second acoustic signal. The measuring container ( ) has a measuring pipe ( ) defining a liquid-empty resonance chamber for generating the second acoustic signal.