Patent ID: 8297110
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for detecting a property of a fluid, comprising: a body region; a first flexible element and a second flexible element, each of the first and second flexible elements having a first end and a second end, said first end being fixedly located on said body region, and each of the first and second flexible elements being moveable from at least a first respective configuration to a second respective configuration via bending of the respective flexible element; said first flexible element comprising an actuating portion arranged to move the first flexible element between the first respective configuration and the second respective configuration; said second flexible element comprising an integral movement sensor for sensing movement of the second flexible element; and wherein said first flexible element is coupled to said second flexible element at a position distant from said body region, and the actuating portion of said first flexible element is operable to move the first and second flexible elements; wherein each of said first and second flexible elements moves from said first respective configuration to said second respective configuration via bending of the first flexible element in a respective bending plane, and the first and second flexible elements are coupled together via a coupling member extending between the first and second flexible elements in a direction substantially perpendicular to the bending plane.