Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capacitive measurement device with minimized sensitivity to manufacturing variability and environmental changes
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Application No.: US16616406Application Date: 2018-05-22
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Publication No.: US11473958B2Publication Date: 2022-10-18
- Inventor: Brian Holt , Scott McClellan , Alvin Y. Le , Kent Ogden
- Applicant: Stream Dx, Inc
- Applicant Address: US UT South Salt Lake
- Assignee: Stream Dx, Inc
- Current Assignee: Stream Dx, Inc
- Current Assignee Address: US UT South Salt Lake
- Agency: Fogg & Powers LLC
- International Application: PCT/US2018/033974 WO 20180522
- International Announcement: WO2018/217818 WO 20181129
- Main IPC: G01F23/263
- IPC: G01F23/263 ; A61B5/20 ; G01F1/56 ; G01N33/493

Abstract:
A printed circuit board device includes: a first capacitive sensor configured to measure a first capacitance within a contained volume having known dimensions, wherein the first capacitance changes as a substance is received into the contained volume; a second capacitive sensor having a plurality of trigger points at a plurality of corresponding known heights within the contained volume, the second capacitive sensor configured to detect when the substance received into the contained volume has reached each of the corresponding known heights within the contained volume; and wherein at least one of a level of the substance within the contained volume, a volume of the substance within the contained volume, or a flow rate of the substance into the contained volume is determined based on data from the first capacitive sensor and the second capacitive sensor.
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