Patent ID: 9533095
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61M,G01F,G16H

Claim:
1. A flow rate monitoring apparatus for monitoring a flow rate of fluid through a drip chamber, the apparatus comprising: (a) a body that includes a frontal surface; (b) a channel disposed on the frontal surface of the body that includes a first internal surface and a second internal surface that opposes the first internal surface, wherein each of the first and the second internal surfaces are substantially transverse to the frontal surface and the channel receives the drip chamber intermediate the first and the second internal surfaces; (c) a frictional member disposed on at least one of the first or the second internal surfaces that exerts a frictional force on the received drip chamber such that the device grips drip chamber; (d) a source disposed on the first internal surface that emits electromagnetic radiation (EMR); (e) a detector disposed on the second internal surface that generates a detector signal in response to EMR; and (f) a device that perform actions, comprising: