Invention Application
- Patent Title: MINIATURE IMPLANTABLE WIRELESS PRESSURE SENSOR
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Application No.: US16639366Application Date: 2018-08-16
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Publication No.: US20200253493A1Publication Date: 2020-08-13
- Inventor: Mark Bachman , Sarkis Babikian , Guann-Pyng Li
- Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
- International Application: PCT/US18/46806 WO 20180816
- Main IPC: A61B5/03
- IPC: A61B5/03 ; A61B3/16 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/05

Abstract:
A miniature wireless pressure sensor has an inductor and a capacitor. The inductor and the capacitor form a L-C resonator with a resonate frequency. The inductor's inductance is affected by a slidable electro-magnetic element. When an outside pressure is applied onto the element, it causes the element to move and such movement changes the inductance of the inductor. Because of that, the resonate frequency is changed. Therefore, the change in resonate frequency indicates a change in the outside pressure. The L-C resonator is calibrated to correlate with the outside pressure. Such a miniature wireless pressure sensor facilitates the monitoring of physiological pressure in different part of human body such as eyes and cranium.
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