Patents Assigned to Medtronic Avecore Cardiovascular, Inc.
  • Method of determining the type of fluid flow probe inserted into a flow meter
    Patent number: 6446512
    Abstract: An inline electromagnetic flow probe, and its corresponding flow transducer, incorporate mutually compatible features that permit a single transducer to identify which of a plurality of types of flow probes has been inserted into the transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Medtronic Avecore Cardiovascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. Zimmerman, Richard J. O'Brien, Lloyd E. Graupman