Gas flow meter for application in medical equipment for respiratory control: Study of the housing

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 413-422

  Kaltsas, Grigoris ^a   Nassiopoulou, Androula G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gas flow meter; Housing; Medical applications

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FABRICATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HOUSING; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

GAS FLOW CONTROL; RESPIRATORY CONTROL;

FLOWMETERS;

EID: 0942300996     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2003.07.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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