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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Trl Enterprises Llc, Ashland, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Stokes, Harvard, MA (US);
Thomas R. Londo, Ashland, MA (US);
Assignee:
TRL Enterprises LLC., Ashland, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 19/00 (2006.01); G01L 7/04 (2006.01); G01L 19/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 19/14 (2013.01); G01L 19/0023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor including a flexible channel defining a fluid flow path, the flexible channel configured to at least partially deflect when a force is imparted on the flexible channel. A gel layer is in contact with an outer surface of the flexible channel, and a transducer is in contact with the gel layer. Transducer is configured to generate an output signal that corresponds to an amount of strain imparted on the flexible channel.