Method and apparatus for measuring fluid flow

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6530286
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09568871

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The present invention relates to methods and apparatus useful for detecting and measuring flow of a fluid along a flow path. In a method according to the invention, the temperature of a flowing fluid is altered at a selected location for a selected duration so as to generate a pulse in the fluid moving in a downstream direction along a flow path, and the fluid is monitored at a sensing region to detect the pulse passing therethrough. An apparatus according to the present invention may comprise a conduit, a sensor element disposed therein, an energy source proximate to the conduit, and a controller operative to generate an on signal and an off signal respectively operative to activate and deactivate the energy source. The present invention also relates to a liquid chromatography device having a fluid flow detecting and measuring apparatus according to the present invention.

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REFLECT SCIENTIFIC INC970 TERRA BELLA AVE SUIT 4 MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Carver, David R 3692 E. Bijou St., Colorado Springs, CO 80909 17 324
Tait, Thomas A 12560 Kaibad Ct., Colorado Springs, CO 80908 6 68

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