US 12,601,628 B2Granted

Fluid container measurement system

AssigneeAdaptec Medical Devices, LLC

InventorsWalter D. Parker, Edward J. Mueller, Keith H. Gausmann, Nathan T. Luck, Scott E. Liddle

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Abstract

A fluid container measurement system is configured to suspend a load measurement assembly a distance above a support surface. The load measurement assembly houses a load cell and a measurement control circuit. The measurement control circuit is coupled to the load cell and configured to receive electrical signals indicative of a force imposed on the load cell. Electrical signals generated by the load cell indicative of the force exerted on the load cell can be used to measure the fluid container attached to the load cell linkage member. Methods of measuring a fluid container include attaching a fluid container to a fluid container attachment region and displaying the load measurement on a display adjustably attached to an upper surface of the housing of the load measurement assembly.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A method of measuring a fluid container, comprising:

attaching the fluid container to a fluid container attachment region of a load cell linkage member, wherein the load cell linkage member is configured to be removably attached to an interface of a load cell interconnect of a load measurement assembly, the load measurement assembly further comprising:
a housing including an opening;
and
a load cell positioned in the housing, the load cell having a principal load axis substantially orthogonal to a support surface, the load cell coupled to the load cell interconnect, the load cell interconnect having the interface extending through the opening in the housing;
obtaining a load measurement of the fluid container from the load cell via a measurement control circuit;
and
displaying the load measurement on a display adjustably attached to an upper surface of the housing of the load measurement assembly, the display electrically coupled to the measurement control circuit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/234,862Filed 16 Aug 2023 · continuation
Priority: 13 May 2016
Published: US 2023/0392976 A17 Dec 2023
Granted: 14 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

G01G 19/14
Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups: for weighing suspended loads
A61B 5/208
Sensing devices adapted to collect urine: adapted to determine urine quantity, e.g. flow, volume
A61F 5/44
Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices ; Anti-rape devices: devices worn by the patient for…
G01G 17/04
Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property: for weighing fluids, e.g. gases, pastes

Family

Application62/335,939Us provisional application · filed 13 May 2016
Application62/468,687Us provisional application · filed 8 Mar 2017
Application15/489,215Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 17 Apr 2017
Application15/961,376Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Apr 2018
US 9,995,619 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 12 Jun 2018
Application16/601,186Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Oct 2019
US 10,444,060 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Oct 2019
Application17/336,030Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Jun 2021
US 11,022,482 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Jun 2021
US 11,733,087 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Aug 2023
US 2023/0392976 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Dec 2023
Application15/961,376Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2017/0328763 A1Published application
US 2018/0245967 A1Published application
US 2020/0041330 A1Published application
US 2021/0285812 A1Published application
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