公开(公告)号：US20180177942A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-28

申请号：US15903589

申请日：2018-02-23

Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Atsuhiko HIRATA ,  Yoshihide AMAGAI ,  Nobuhiro KONDO ,  Yoshitaka HANE

IPC: A61M5/168 ,  A61M39/28 ,  A61M5/14 ,  A61M5/172

Abstract: A fluid control device includes a tube insertion portion formed in a casing, a fixing member that fixedly holds, in the tube insertion portion, a tube inserted into the tube insertion portion, a pressing member driven by an actuator to press the tube within the tube insertion portion, and a controller that controls the actuator for the pressing member, wherein the controller controls the pressing member to start pressing on the tube after the fixing member has fixedly hold the tube in the tube insertion portion.

公开(公告)号：US20180193559A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-12

申请号：US15913170

申请日：2018-03-06

Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Atsuhiko HIRATA ,  Nobuhiro KONDO ,  Kouji MIYABAYASHI

IPC: A61M5/168 ,  G01F1/72 ,  G01F1/66 ,  G01F23/292

CPC classification number: A61M5/1689 ,  A61M2205/3306 ,  G01F1/661 ,  G01F1/72 ,  G01F3/00 ,  G01F23/292 ,  G01F23/2921

Abstract: A dripping detection apparatus includes a cylindrical drip cylinder into which a nozzle is inserted from an upper side and that receives inside a liquid droplet dripping from a lower end of the nozzle, and a photo interrupter that has equal to or more than one light emitting element emitting light and equal to or more than two light receiving elements receiving the light, wherein the equal to or more than one light emitting element and the equal to or more than two light receiving elements are arranged at opposing or substantially opposing positions with the drip cylinder interposed between the elements and equal to or more than two light paths connecting the equal to or more than one light emitting element to the equal to or more than two light receiving elements are located at a lower side relative to the lower end of the nozzle.