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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory P. Doten, Crystal, MN (US);
Assignee:
Transoma Medical, Inc., Arden Hills, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/02 ;
Abstract
A method for estimating fluid flow in a conduit using a probe with four transducers is provided. The method includes generating two transit time measurements and compensating for an error angle in the transit time measurements using a predetermined compensation factor. The method further includes generating a flow measurement and estimating fluid flow based on the flow measurement.