Electromagnetic flow sensor device
    1.
    发明授权
    Electromagnetic flow sensor device 有权
    电磁流量传感器装置

    公开(公告)号:US07922667B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-12

    申请号:US11146193

    申请日:2005-06-06

    IPC分类号: A61B5/026

    摘要: Disclosed herein is an electromagnetic flow sensor device for monitoring flow of fluid in a channel. The sensor device includes a first electrode to be disposed along the channel and in communication with the fluid, a second electrode to be disposed along the channel and in communication with the fluid, and a radially expandable frame to structurally support the first electrode and the second electrode while conforming to the channel to position the first electrode and the second electrode along the channel. The device may also include an antenna coupled to the first and second electrodes to wirelessly provide an indication of a voltage induced between the first and second electrodes. In some embodiments, the radially expandable frame includes an insulating link such that the first and second electrodes are not electrically connected via the radially expandable frame. The sensor device may also include a structure having an inductance coupled to the first and second electrodes to wirelessly provide an indication of the induced voltage.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种用于监测通道中的流体流动的电磁流量传感器装置。 传感器装置包括沿着通道设置并与流体连通的第一电极,沿着通道设置并与流体连通的第二电极和可径向扩展的框架,以结构地支撑第一电极和第二电极 电极,同时沿着通道定位第一电极和第二电极沿着通道。 该装置还可以包括耦合到第一和第二电极的天线以无线地提供在第一和第二电极之间感应的电压的指示。 在一些实施例中,径向可扩张的框架包括绝缘连接件,使得第一和第二电极不经由可径向扩张的框架电连接。 传感器装置还可以包括具有耦合到第一和第二电极的电感的结构,以无线地提供感应电压的指示。

    Micro-electro-discharge machining method and apparatus
    2.
    发明授权
    Micro-electro-discharge machining method and apparatus 有权
    微电镀机加工方法及装置

    公开(公告)号:US06624377B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-09-23

    申请号:US09872734

    申请日:2001-06-01

    IPC分类号: B23H102

    CPC分类号: B23H1/04 B23H1/00 B23H1/028

    摘要: A micro-electro-discharge machining apparatus includes a substrate, a plurality of electrically conductive electrodes on the substrate arranged in an array, and a plurality of electrical interconnect lines formed on the substrate extending to one or more of the electrodes. An electrical power source is connected from one of its terminals through a resistor to each of the interconnect lines and from its other terminal to a workpiece to be machined. The electrodes connected to different interconnect lines may charge and discharge independently of each other, speeding up the machining process. An interconnect line may extend individually to each electrode so that all of the electrodes can charge and discharge independently of the others. The capacitor that is charged to produce the discharge voltage may be a separate discrete capacitor or a conductive substrate.

    摘要翻译: 一种微电子放电加工装置,包括基板,布置在阵列中的基板上的多个导电电极,以及形成在基板上的多个电互连线,延伸到一个或多个电极。 电源从其一个端子通过电阻器连接到每个互连线并且从其另一端子连接到待加工的工件。 连接到不同互连线的电极可以彼此独立地进行充电和放电,加速了加工过程。 互连线可以单独地延伸到每个电极,使得所有电极可以独立于其它电极进行充电和放电。 被充电以产生放电电压的电容器可以是单独的分立电容器或导电基板。

    Micro-electro-discharge machining utilizing semiconductor electrodes
    3.
    发明授权
    Micro-electro-discharge machining utilizing semiconductor electrodes 有权
    利用半导体电极进行微电子放电加工

    公开(公告)号:US06586699B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-01

    申请号:US10079312

    申请日:2002-02-20

    IPC分类号: B23H100

    CPC分类号: B23H1/04 B23H1/06

    摘要: Micro-electro-discharge machining is carried out utilizing a semiconductor array electrode having a substrate with a face surface and electrode protrusions extending from the face surface. The array electrode may be formed by lithographically patterning a semiconductor wafer such as a silicon wafer utilizing lithographic techniques of the type used in semiconductor device processing. The electrode protrusions in the surface of the substrate may be coated with a conducting metal. The electrode is positioned adjacent to a workpiece and a power supply is connected to the electrode and the workpiece to charge a capacitor until discharge takes place between the electrode protrusions and the surface of the workpiece, to electro-discharge-machine the workpiece to replicate the pattern of electrode protrusions into the workpiece. The semiconductor electrode is formed to be consumed during the machining process, during which many individual workpiece elements can be micromachined in parallel to provide rapid and economical production of micromachined parts.

    摘要翻译: 利用具有表面的基板和从表面延伸的电极突起的半导体阵列电极进行微放电加工。 阵列电极可以通过使用半导体器件处理中使用的类型的光刻技术通过光刻图案化诸如硅晶片的半导体晶片来形成。 基板表面中的电极突起可以涂覆有导电金属。 电极定位在工件附近,电源连接到电极和工件上,对电容器充电,直到在电极突起和工件表面之间发生放电,才能对工件进行放电加工以复制 电极突起图案进入工件。 半导体电极被形成为在加工过程中被消耗,在此期间,许多单独的工件元件可以被平行微加工以提供微加工部件的快速和经济的生产。

    Assembly and planar structure for use therein which is expandable into a 3-D structure such as a stent and device for making the planar structure
    4.
    发明授权
    Assembly and planar structure for use therein which is expandable into a 3-D structure such as a stent and device for making the planar structure 有权
    用于其中的组装和平面结构,其可扩展成诸如支架的3-D结构和用于制造平面结构的装置

    公开(公告)号:US09440302B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-13

    申请号:US10737314

    申请日:2003-12-16

    摘要: An assembly and planar structure for use therein which is expandable into a 3-D structure such as a stent and device for making the planar structure are provided. The planar structure permits the use of planar batch manufacturing technologies to fabricate coronary artery stents. Stents with different wall patterns are fabricated from 50 μm thick stainless steel foil using micro-electro-discharge machining, and expanded to tubular shapes by using angioplasty balloons. The stents are free-standing. The free-standing stents exhibit diameter variations of

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于其中的可扩展成3-D结构的组装和平面结构,例如支架和用于制造平面结构的装置。 平面结构允许使用平面批量制造技术来制造冠状动脉支架。 具有不同壁面图案的支架使用微电镀放电加工由50μm厚的不锈钢箔制成,并通过使用血管成形术气球扩张成管形。 支架是独立的。 独立的支架显示直径变化<±4%,气囊放气后几乎零径向反冲,膨胀时纵向收缩率<3%。 支架的一个变体使用可变链接来提供电气和机械性能的附加定制。 加载试验表明,径向强度与市售的支架相匹配,而对于4 mm长的支架长度,0.02 m / N的纵向顺应性显着提高。

    Antenna stent device for wireless, intraluminal monitoring
    5.
    发明授权
    Antenna stent device for wireless, intraluminal monitoring 有权
    天线支架装置用于无线,管腔内监测

    公开(公告)号:US07452334B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-11-18

    申请号:US10939684

    申请日:2004-09-13

    IPC分类号: A61B5/02 A61F2/06

    CPC分类号: B23H9/00 A61F2/91

    摘要: Disclosed herein is a stent device useful for maintaining the patency of a lumen while monitoring an intraluminal characteristic. The device includes a structure having a set of extendible bands that are capable of plastic deformation to form a scaffolding having an inductance, and further includes a capacitance coupled to the set of extendible bands and responsive to the intraluminal characteristic. The capacitance and the inductance form a tank circuit after the plastic deformation of the set of extendible bands to enable wireless transmission of an indication of the intraluminal characteristic.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种支架装置,用于在监测管腔内特征的同时维持管腔通畅。 该装置包括具有能够塑性变形以形成具有电感的脚手架的一组可延伸带的结构,并且还包括耦合到该组可延伸带并响应于管腔内特征的电容。 电容和电感在一组可扩展带的塑性变形之后形成储能电路,以使得能够无线传输管腔内特征的指示。

    Micromachined probe apparatus and methods for making and using same to characterize liquid in a fluidic channel and map embedded charge in a sample on a substrate
    6.
    发明授权
    Micromachined probe apparatus and methods for making and using same to characterize liquid in a fluidic channel and map embedded charge in a sample on a substrate 有权
    微机械探针装置及其制造和使用它们的方法来表征流体通道中的液体,并将嵌入的电荷映射到基板上的样品中

    公开(公告)号:US07116115B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-10-03

    申请号:US10852058

    申请日:2004-05-24

    摘要: A micromachined probe apparatus and methods for making and using same to characterize liquid in a fluidic channel and map embedded charge in a sample on a substrate are provided. The probe apparatus includes an integrated scanning tip and a dither actuation mechanism. The actuation is achieved using a bent-beam electrothermal actuator, and the probe tip is insulated from the actuator with a wide isolation gap. The device is fabricated by a modified micro electro-discharge machining process which allows electrical isolation within the micromachined structure using an epoxy plug. The apparatus may be used to measure changes in the external surface potential of a microfluidic channel as a function of varying pH of liquid inside the channel. The apparatus also may be used to map embedded charge in a thin layer on a substrate, showing it to be suitable for monitoring microelectronics manufacturing processes.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种微加工探针装置及其制造和使用它们以表征流体通道中的液体并将嵌入的电荷映射到基板上的样品中的方法。 探针装置包括集成的扫描尖端和抖动致动机构。 使用弯梁电热致动器实现致动,并且探针尖端与致动器绝缘,具有宽的隔离间隙。 该器件通过改进的微电子放电加工工艺制造,其允许使用环氧树脂插塞在微加工结构内进行电隔离。 该装置可用于测量微流体通道的外表面电位的变化,作为通道内液体pH变化的函数。 该装置还可以用于将嵌入的电荷映射到衬底上的薄层中,表明其适于监测微电子制造工艺。

    Micromachined scanning thermal probe method and apparatus
    8.
    发明授权
    Micromachined scanning thermal probe method and apparatus 失效
    微加工扫描热探针法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06692145B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-17

    申请号:US10001919

    申请日:2001-10-31

    IPC分类号: G01K724

    CPC分类号: G01K7/028

    摘要: A micromachined thermal probe has a substrate with a surface and an edge, and at least one flexible probe body formed on the substrate that includes a cantilever beam section that extends from a proximal end outwardly to a distal end. A pair of conductors in the probe body extend to a junction at the distal end at which is formed a probe tip. Current passed through the conductors to the junction heats the probe tip, with changes in the effective probe resistance occurring as the probe tip is scanned over a sample with different thermal conductivities at different positions. A second flexible probe body may be mounted to the substrate and constructed similarly to the first probe body to act as a reference probe to allow compensation of the first probe. The probe body may be formed of layers of flexible polymer joined together over pairs of conductors, which is bent back onto itself and secured together at a proximal end of the cantilever beam.

    摘要翻译: 微加工热探针具有表面和边缘的基底,以及形成在基底上的至少一个柔性探针体,其包括从近端向外延伸到远端的悬臂梁部分。 探针主体中的一对导体延伸到远端处的一个连接处,在该连接处形成探针尖端。 通过导线穿过接头的电流会加热探针尖端,当探头尖端扫描不同位置不同导热系数的样品时,会发生有效探头电阻的变化。 第二柔性探针体可以安装到基底并且类似于第一探针体构造以用作参考探针以允许补偿第一探针。 探针主体可以由柔性聚合物层形成,这些层由成对的导体连接在一起,该导体被弯曲回自身并且在悬臂梁的近端处固定在一起。

    Hybrid contact mode scanning cantilever system
    9.
    发明授权
    Hybrid contact mode scanning cantilever system 有权
    混合接触式扫描悬臂系统

    公开(公告)号:US08156568B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-10

    申请号:US12104396

    申请日:2008-04-16

    IPC分类号: G01B11/30

    摘要: This invention addresses a contact mode hybrid scanning system (HSS), which can be used for measuring topography. The system consists of a cantilever or a cantilever array, a scanning stage, a light source, and instrumentation to synchronize and control the individual components. Detection of the cantilever's movement is achieved by directly measuring the change in disposition of the cantilever including its height, rotation at one or more points on the cantilever thereby providing a partial three-dimensional reconstruction without the need for actuating the cantilever. This is achieved by employing a displacement meter such as a triangulation meter or a confocal meter.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及可用于测量地形的接触模式混合扫描系统(HSS)。 该系统由悬臂或悬臂阵列,扫描台,光源和仪器组成,用于同步和控制各个组件。 通过直接测量悬臂的位置变化来检测悬臂的运动,包括其高度,悬臂上的一个或多个点处的旋转,从而提供部分三维重建,而不需要致动悬臂。 这通过采用诸如三角测量计或共焦度计的位移计来实现。