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PRESSURE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD

  • US 3,853,117 A
  • Filed: 05/15/1972
  • Issued: 12/10/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for determining the pressure within a pressured body comprising transducer means adapted to be placed on the exterior of said body to direct an interrogating sonic signal into said body;

  • passive sonic transponder means adapted to be implanted within said body having a mechanical and sonic resonant frequency varied by said pressure within said body, said transponder means being caused to resonate by receiving said interrogating sonic signal and emitting a different sonic resonance signal;

    sonic receiver means adapted to be placed on the exterior of said body to receive said sonic resonance signal; and

    output means connected to said sonic receiver means to convert said sonic resonance signal to data related to said pressure within said pressured body.

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