Pressure dome with compliant chamber
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1. A pressure dome for communicating blood pressure to a transducer, comprisinga base,a wall having a foot being attached to said base so as to form a cavity,a membrane adhered to the top of said wall so as to close said cavity,ports communicating with said cavity,said wall having such low compliance that most of the radial forces caused by the base expanding or contracting are not transmitted to its top.
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A pressure dome in which the wall forming the cavity containing fluid under a pressure that is to be measured has such a low compliance as to prevent expansion or contraction of the base of the dome resulting from changes in its temperature from causing the diaphragm of a transducer coupled thereto from buckling.
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1. A pressure dome for communicating blood pressure to a transducer, comprising
a base, a wall having a foot being attached to said base so as to form a cavity, a membrane adhered to the top of said wall so as to close said cavity, ports communicating with said cavity, said wall having such low compliance that most of the radial forces caused by the base expanding or contracting are not transmitted to its top.
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6. In combination,
(a) a pressure dome comprising a base, a wall having a foot, its foot being sealed to said base so as to form a cavity, ports communicating between said cavity and respective points outside the dome, and a membrane adhered to the top of said wall so as to be close said cavity, (b) a transducer having a pressure sensitive surface in contact with said membrane, and (c) means for holding said transducer and dome together so as to establish a predetermined force of 2 to 8 pounds between said membrane and said pressure sensitive surface, the static coefficient of friction between said membrane and said pressure sensitive surface being between 0.5 and 0.2, the compliance of said wall being such that, when changes in temperature of between 59° - F. and 104°
F. occur in fluid contained in said cavity or in the air temperature, the top of said wall remains stationary with respect to said pressure sensitive surface.
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