An intravascular pressure sensor assembly is disclosed herein that is produced in part using photolithography and DRIE solid-state device production processes. Using DRIE production processes facilitates a number of features that could not be readily incorporated in sensor chips fabricated using mechanical saws. In accordance with a first feature, sensor chips are created with non-rectangular outlines. The sensor chip includes a widened portion that substantially abuts an inner wall of a sensor housing, and a cantilevered portion that is relatively narrow in relation to the widened portion. The non-rectangular outline of the sensor chip is formed using photolithography in combination with DRIE processing. In accordance with another feature, the sensor chip is positioned width-wise in the housing, thereby reducing a required length for the housing. In accordance with yet another feature, the sensor chip comprises one or more cutouts for receiving signal wires for connection to signal lead lines on the sensor chip. The outline of the sensor chip and the cutouts are formed using photolithography in combination with DRIE processing.

A space-saving pressure sensor for a metal or plastics processing tool is configured to perform date stamping during injection molding with the processing tool. The pressure sensor is configured to be inserted into a single drilled hole of the tool. A first cast-compatible mark and a second cast-compatible mark of the pressure sensor may be adjusted against one another in such a way that a variety of different date marks can be created, which may then be applied to different injection-molded products. The pressure sensor may be used within the framework of manufacturing an injection-molded product.

A method of manufacturing a medical device. The medical device includes a case obtained by mating a first case portion and a second case portion to each other, the case having a housing space inside; an elastic membrane as an elastic member attached to the case and with which a first housing space covered by the first case portion and a second housing space covered by the second case portion are separated from each other; fixing parts provided at respective peripheries of the first case portion and the second case portion and at which the first case portion and the second case portion that are mated to each other are fixed to each other; holding surfaces provided at the respective peripheries of the first case portion and the second case portion and between which a peripheral edge of the elastic membrane is held; and a sealing part provided at the periphery of the first case portion or the second case portion on an inner side with respect to the fixing parts and that seals an entirety of the peripheral edge of the elastic membrane held between the holding surfaces. When fixing at the fixing parts and sealing by the sealing part are performed to assemble the first case portion and the second case portion together, an air gap produced between the sealing part and the fixing parts is depressurized or heated.

A housing for a measuring device for accommodating a transmission unit for transmitting data, and/or display unit for the readout of data, and a terminal unit provided for supplying electric power to the measuring device, having at least two housing compartments, wherein the transmission unit and/or the display unit and the terminal unit can each be arranged in different housing compartments, and axes of the housing compartments formed in each case by a surface normal of an outward facing housing opening of a housing compartment, or axes formed in each case by a surface normal of the cap closing the housing openings, cross one another. A measuring device is also provided that includes the housing, and a transmission and analysis system that includes such a measuring device.

A sensor assembly comprises a housing, a pressure interface, a piezoelectric sensor, a mechanical interface, and an electrical interface. The pressure interface is disposed on the housing and communicates with a pressure transmission tube. The piezoelectric sensor is disposed in the housing and senses a pressure input at the pressure interface. The mechanical interface is disposed at a first side of the housing and detachably engages a mounting mechanism. The electrical interface is disposed at a second side of the housing opposite to the first side.

A pressure sensor device of the present invention includes a first board including external connection terminals, a second board stacked on an upper surface of the first board and including a first through hole and a second through hole, a pressure sensor element including a diaphragm structure and mounted on an upper surface of the second board such that the first through hole is closed by the diaphragm structure, and a cover that is mounted on the upper surface of the second board to cover the pressure sensor element and in which a first channel for guiding a first fluid to an upper surface of the diaphragm structure is formed. A second channel is formed between the first board and the second board to lead from the second through hole to the first through hole and guide a second fluid to a lower surface of the diaphragm structure.

An apparatus includes a base assembly, a gasket and a housing assembly. The base assembly may have a locking feature and a bearing feature. The locking feature may have a first passage in communication with an exterior of the apparatus. The gasket may be disposed on the base assembly and may have (i) a base portion, (ii) a column portion and (iii) a second passage in communication with the first passage. The housing assembly may have a sealing feature and may be configured to hold a sensor. The sealing feature (a) may mate with the bearing feature and (b) may compress the base portion of the gasket. The sensor (a) may seal to the column portion of the gasket and (b) may be in communication with the exterior of the apparatus through the first passage and the second passage.

A pressure detector that includes a case connectable to a flow route for liquid, and a membrane member attached inside the case and with which a liquid-phase portion to be supplied with the liquid in the flow route and a gas-phase portion to be supplied with gas are separated from each other, the membrane member being displaceable in accordance with a pressure of the liquid supplied to the liquid-phase portion, the pressure detector detecting the pressure of the liquid in the flow route by detecting a pressure in the gas-phase portion. The pressure detector includes an inlet port including a connecting portion connectable to the flow route for the liquid, and a flow-route portion through which the liquid flows into an inlet opening of the liquid-phase portion; and an outlet port including a connecting portion connectable to the flow route for the liquid, and a flow-route portion through which the liquid having flowed into the liquid-phase portion is discharged from an outlet opening. At least one of the flow-route portion of the inlet port and the flow-route portion of the outlet port is configured such that an incoming direction or an outgoing direction of the liquid is inclined with respect to an attaching plane defined for the membrane member.

A pressure detector including a case connectable to a flow route and attachable to a predetermined attaching surface; and a membrane member attached inside the case and with which a liquid-phase portion to be supplied with the liquid in the flow route and a gas-phase portion to be supplied with gas are separated from each other, the membrane member being displaceable in accordance with a pressure of the liquid supplied to the liquid-phase portion, the pressure detector detecting the pressure of the liquid in the flow route by detecting a pressure in the gas-phase portion. The pressure detector includes an inlet port including a connecting portion connectable to the flow route, and a flow-route portion through which the liquid flows into an inlet opening of the liquid-phase portion; and an outlet port including a connecting portion connectable to the flow route, and a flow-route portion through which the liquid having flowed into the liquid-phase portion is discharged from an outlet opening. The outlet opening is positioned in a part of the liquid-phase portion that includes a highest point in a vertical direction in a state where the case is attached to the predetermined attaching surface, and the outlet port extends obliquely upward from the outlet opening.

A device for measuring a characteristic of a fluid includes a sensor comprising a first main face furnished with a sensitive part sensitive to said characteristic and intended to be in contact with the fluid, and a second main face opposite furnished with a first electrical contact element on which a measurement signal is obtained. The device also includes a support comprising a first main face provided with a second electrical contact element linked electrically to the first electrical contact element, a second main face opposite, and an opening passing through the main faces of the support. The device further includes a cap fastened to the second main face of the sensor and delimiting, with this second main face, a cavity closed hermetically facing which is disposed the sensitive part of the sensor; in which the second main face of the sensor is fastened hermetically and/or in a leaktight manner to that of the support at the periphery of the opening, a part of the first electrical contact element being opposite and/or in the opening.