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FLUID LEVEL SENSOR

  • US 20100126268A1
  • Filed: 04/01/2008
  • Published: 05/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A capacitance fluid level sensor to determine the fluid level within a container used to receive fluid from a human body, the container connected to means for removing fluids from a human body and a port for entry of fluid into the container, a capacitor formed of a series of conductive lates located outside of the container adjacent to an external wall of the container, means to sense the relative change in capacitance between the series of conductive plates as the fluid level rises the container and for generating a signal to indicate fluid level positions within the container.

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