FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL OF INFUSION DEVICES

An infusion apparatus includes a housing and a chamber configured to be connected to the housing. The apparatus further includes a weight sensor coupled to a load connector connected to the housing and an optical sensor disposed in the housing. The weight sensor is configured to generate a first sig...

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Hauptverfasser: PASQUENCE, Joseph Matthew, HENNINGE, Paul C, ASACK, Andrew W, SIMS, Nathaniel M, FLACHBART, Eric John, ALLEN, Duane Edward, WOLLOWITZ, Michael H, CHOMYN, Benjamin James, ZUK, Rolf E
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:An infusion apparatus includes a housing and a chamber configured to be connected to the housing. The apparatus further includes a weight sensor coupled to a load connector connected to the housing and an optical sensor disposed in the housing. The weight sensor is configured to generate a first signal based on a measured weight of the fluid container attached to the housing in a weight-bearing configuration. The optical sensor is configured to generate a second signal based on detecting drops of the fluid traversing the chamber. The apparatus also includes a flow control mechanism to control a flow rate of the fluid into an outlet channel. The apparatus includes one or more processing devices configured to perform operations including transmitting a control signal to the flow control mechanism to adjust the flow rate.