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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2012
Applicants:
Brian Pope, Suwanee, GA (US);
Zhan Liu, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Pope, Suwanee, GA (US);
Zhan Liu, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC., Rockland, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/16859 (2013.01); A61M 5/1452 (2013.01); A61M 5/16854 (2013.01); A61M 2005/16863 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus, method and program product detects an occlusion in a fluid line by determining if a relationship between force measurements departs from an expected relationship.