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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2014
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare SA, Glattpark (Opfikon), CH;
Ye Chen, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Libertyville, IL (US);
Matthew Muller, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Gert Najdeni, Chicago, IL (US);
Joel Titus, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare S.A., Glattpark (Opfikon), CH;
Abstract
A medical fluid system includes a container holding a fluid at a level; and a radio frequency level sensor operably connected to the container and including an emitting electrode and a receiving electrode, the electrodes operating as a transmission line having an electrical impedance that varies with the level or volume of the fluid in the container, the level sensor configured to measure a phase shift of the transmission line, the phase shift indicative of the level or volume of the fluid in the container.