System, method, and apparatus for monitoring, regulating, or controlling fluid flow
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Feb 7, 2023
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Dec 31, 2020
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Dec 21, 2011
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An apparatus, system and method for regulating fluid flow are disclosed. The apparatus includes a flow rate sensor and a valve. The flow rate sensor uses images to estimate flow through a drip chamber and then controls the valve based on the estimated flow rate. The valve comprises a rigid housing disposed around the tube in which fluid flow is being controlled. Increasing the pressure in the housing controls the size of the lumen within the tube by deforming the tube, therefore controlling flow through the tube.
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- F16K:VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR....
- F16M:FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACH....
- H04N:PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06T:IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G05B:CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTION....
- G05D:SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC....
- B65D:CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR....
- A61M:DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE B....
- G01F:MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW, OR LIQUI....
- G06K:RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD ....
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