Liquid level sensor for liquid receptacle
AssigneeMoxxly, Inc.
InventorsSanthi Analytis, Wisit Jirattigalachote, Jacob Kurzrock, Gabrielle Guthrie, Jose Luis Cordoba
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are various techniques and devices for detecting a level of fluid within a fluid collection receptacle. In one embodiment, a pressure sensor connected to a bottle is provided. The pressure sensor detects air pressure in the bottle as the bottle is filled with a liquid and provides information to determine a volume of the liquid in the bottle.
Claims13
A fluid collection receptacle comprising a pressure sensor connected to a bottle which detects air pressure in the bottle as the bottle is filled with liquid and an integral rigid tube disposed within the bottle that is integral to the bottle and connected to a port, the pressure sensor also being connected to the port, wherein a second rigid tube is disposed over and around the integral rigid tube and includes a valve interface interfacing a valve disposed within a breast pump manifold and wherein the breast pump manifold is connected to a top portion of the bottle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.