Direct implementation of sensors in tubes
AssigneeEzmems Ltd.
InventorsNicola Molinazzi, Tsvi Shmilovich
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Abstract
A tube device is disclosed comprising a tube having at least one deformable component and one or more sensor elements. At least one of the one or more sensor elements is pattered or attached on the at least one deformable component of the tube and being configured to measure at least one property or condition of a substance contained or streamed inside the tube. The at least one deformable component can be at least one integral part of a wall section of the tube, or at least one deformable element attached to the tube, or at least one deformable element attached to respective at least one support element attached to the tube.
Claims20
A sensing tube device comprising:
- a cylindrical tube element made of a polymeric material having a curved or rounded surface;
- a support element made of a polymeric material configured as a rigid and substantially non-deformable structure having a curved or rounded surface adapted for direct integration with said curved or rounded surface of the polymeric material of said cylindrical tube element;
- a deformable element directly attached to said rigid and substantially non-deformable support element and having one or more sensor elements;
- wherein at least one of said one or more sensor elements is configured to measure at least one property or condition of a substance contained or streamed inside said cylindrical tube element,
- wherein said rigid and substantially non-deformable support element is integrally attached to the curved or rounded surface of said cylindrical tube element and comprises at least one cavity or opening configured for interaction between said deformable element and the substance contained or streamed inside said cylindrical tube element.
A method of fabricating a sensing tube device, the method comprising:
- patterning or attaching on a deformable element one or more sensor elements;
- attaching said deformable element to a rigid and substantially non-deformable support element made of a polymeric material and having a curved or rounded surface, said rigid and substantially non-deformable support element comprising at least one cavity or opening configured for interaction between said deformable element and a substance contained or streamed inside said sensing tube element;
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- integrally attaching the curved or rounded surface of said rigid support element to a curved or rounded surface of a cylindrical tube element made of a polymeric material configured for direct integration with the polymeric material of said rigid and substantially non-deformable support element.
A measurement device comprising:
- a cylindrical tube element made of a polymeric material having a curved or rounded surface and at least one lumen usable for containing or streaming a substance;
- at least one sensor element formed or patterned on or in an at least partially curved or rounded internal or external wall of said cylindrical tube element;
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- a rigid and substantially non-deformable support element comprising at least one electrical element and/or circuitry and/or antenna element, said rigid and substantially non-deformable support element made of a polymeric material having a curved or rounded surface directly integrated with the curved or rounded surface of said cylindrical tube element and configured for electrically connecting said at least one electrical element and/or circuitry and/or antenna element thereby carried to said at least one sensor element for signal communication therewith and/or for providing power supply thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.