Invention Application
US20160069732A1 Load Suspension and Weighing System for a Dialysis Machine Reservoir
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用于透析机水箱的负载悬挂和称重系统
- Patent Title: Load Suspension and Weighing System for a Dialysis Machine Reservoir
- Patent Title (中): 用于透析机水箱的负载悬挂和称重系统
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Application No.: US14848012Application Date: 2015-09-08
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Publication No.: US20160069732A1Publication Date: 2016-03-10
- Inventor: Barry Neil Fulkerson , Joe Fazio , Alec Huang , Brian Thomas Kelly , Tam Nolan , Mark Smith
- Applicant: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
- Main IPC: G01G17/04
- IPC: G01G17/04 ; G01G19/14 ; G01G3/15 ; A61M1/36

Abstract:
A load suspension and weighing system for a removable reservoir unit of a portable dialysis machine includes a centrally located flexure assembly. The flexure assembly includes magnets and a number of flexure rings which allow for movement of the magnets about a fixed circuit board. Sensors in the circuit board sense changes in the magnetic field as the magnets move in relation to the circuit board. The magnetic field changes produce a voltage output which is used by a processor to generate weight calculations. The top of the flexure assembly is attached to the interior of the dialysis machine. The entirety of the reservoir unit is suspended by a first internal frame that is attached to the bottom of the flexure assembly. Having a single flexure assembly positioned above the reservoir unit provides more accurate weight measurements while also preventing damage to the assembly from water spillage.
Public/Granted literature
- US09841310B2 Load suspension and weighing system for a dialysis machine reservoir Public/Granted day:2017-12-12
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