Pressure measurement devices, methods, and systems

US11529448B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NxStage Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• James M. Brugger · Boulder, US
• Dennis M. Treu · Castle Rock, US
• Jeffrey H. Burbank · Boxford, US
• Scott W. Newell · Ipswich, US
• William J. Schnell · Libertyville, US
• Kenneth E. Buckler · Methuen, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2019
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01L9/006
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A pressure measurement pod for use in blood circuits includes a pressure sensing pod defining a chamber and having a rigid wall portion and an integral flexible wall portion forming a flexible, moveable, fluid-impermeable diaphragm with a first major side thereof facing an interior of the chamber and a second major side opposite the first major side. The second major side faces outwardly away from the chamber, and the pod has ports on sides of the chamber. The internal surfaces of the chamber and ports are shaped such that any contour following the internal surfaces to the outside of one of the ports traces only surfaces characterized by positive or neutral draft angles such that invasive mold portions may be withdrawn through the ports thereby permitting the pressure measurement pod to be molded in a single shot molding process.