Patent ID: 11911594
Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A system for measuring drip rate of an IV fluid, the system comprising:
a drip chamber configured to fluidly couple to a container containing the IV fluid and receive drip droplets of the IV fluid into an interior of the drip chamber, the drip chamber comprising an aperture, extending laterally from an outer surface of a sidewall of the drip chamber to the interior of the drip chamber, a load cell transducer mounted in the interior, and a load cell transducer terminal point;
a drip rate measurement device detachably coupled to the drip chamber, the drip rate measurement device comprising;
a housing;
a drip rate measurement device terminal point to electrically couple with the load cell transducer terminal point when the drip rate measurement device is detachably coupled to the drip chamber, the load cell transducer configured to measure a weight of the droplets of the IV fluid and convert the weight into an electrical signal; and
a controller electrically coupled to the load cell transducer to process the electrical signal and output at least one parameter associated with the IV fluid.