US 12,075,790 B2
Intestine selection
Jeroen René Maria Colpaert, Almere (NL); Johannes Wilhelmus Nicolaas Van Lijssel, Almere (NL); Sander Hendrik Luciën Hochstenbach, Almere (NL); Lars Benjamin Haarmeijer, Almere (NL); and Niels Nijenhuis, Almere (NL)
Assigned to CTH B.V., Almere (NL)
Appl. No. 18/020,707
Filed by CTH B.V., Almere (NL)
PCT Filed Aug. 31, 2021, PCT No. PCT/NL2021/050527
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/050836, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2026397 (NL), filed on Sep. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255217 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A22C 17/14 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 17/14 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for sizing a natural intestine, wherein the system comprises (i) a product carrier, (ii) a product transport and sealing system, (iii) a measuring system, and (iv) a control system; wherein
the product carrier comprises a fluid channel and a measuring portion, wherein a product carrier surface at the measuring portion comprises one or more perforations fluidly connected to the fluid channel;
the product transport and sealing system is configured (i) for moving the intestine over the product carrier, wherein the intestine surrounds the product carrier surface, and (ii) for temporarily sealing the intestine along at least part of the measuring portion;
the measuring system comprises (i) a radiation sensor system for measuring a cross-sectional dimension of the intestine at the measuring portion, wherein the radiation sensor system comprises a radiation source radiationally coupled to a radiation detector, wherein the radiation detector is arranged downstream of the measuring portion, relative to the radiation source, (ii) a pressure sensor for sensing a fluid pressure of the fluid in the fluid channel, and (iii) a flow sensor for sensing a fluid flow of the fluid in the fluid channel;
the control system is configured for determining a cross-sectional size of the intestine at the measuring portion based on a combination of (i) a signal of the radiation sensor system, (ii) a signal of the pressure sensor, and (iii) a signal of the flow sensor.