Patent ID: 8869596
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A sensor device for determining a quantity of liquid contained or stored in an object to be tested, the sensor device comprising: at least one heating element; at least one moisture sensor, the sensor device, during operation, forming at least one volume which can be closed off, by the sensor device bearing against a surface of the object to be tested, said moisture sensor measuring humidity in an interior of the volume; said heating element configured for heating at least part of the surface of the object delimiting the volume; a housing having an end side with a continuous opening formed therein, said moisture sensor closing said continuous opening in a sealing fashion from a side situated opposite said end side, wherein the volume is formed in a region of said continuous opening; said moisture sensor being in contact with said heating element, and the volume having a thickness corresponding to a thickness of said housing in said region of said continuous opening; a thermally conductive adhesive, said moisture sensor being in contact with said heating element by means of said thermally conductive adhesive; and a thermally conductive body, said heating element being in contact with said thermally conductive body.