US 12,232,873 B2
Method and a system for measuring instantaneous inflow rate of urine
Gil Hidas, Victoria (AU)
Assigned to Bright Uro, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/606,653
Filed by Bright Uro, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/053979
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/222112, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/840,195, filed on Apr. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192567 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/20 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01F 23/24 (2006.01); G01F 23/26 (2022.01)
CPC A61B 5/208 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6887 (2013.01); G01F 23/241 (2013.01); G01F 23/261 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for measuring inflow rate of liquid comprising:
a receptacle comprising a top portion, a bottom portion, an opening arranged at the top portion, a nozzle arranged at the bottom portion, an inner element comprising an at least partially cylindrical-shaped side wall and a plurality of openings arranged along a perimeter of the at least partially cylindrical-shaped side wall, and a dome-shaped part comprising a side wall and a plurality of openings arranged along a perimeter of the side wall of the dome-shaped part, wherein the receptacle is configured to allow a liquid to flow through the plurality of openings of the dome-shaped part and the plurality of openings of the inner element into an interior of the receptacle and out of said interior through said nozzle;
a sensing device configured to generate one or more signals indicative of a level of the liquid in the interior of the receptacle; and
a processor configured to receive said one or more signals and determine an inflow rate of the liquid based on said one or more signals.