Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas sensor with separate contaminant detection element
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Application No.: US16437487Application Date: 2019-06-11
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Publication No.: US11543396B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Meghan E. Swanson , Daniel D. Santoro, Jr. , Michael Alvin Brown , Mark Flori Zanella, Sr. , Christopher S. Detka
- Applicant: MSA TECHNOLOGY, LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Cranberry Township
- Assignee: MSA TECHNOLOGY, LLC
- Current Assignee: MSA TECHNOLOGY, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Cranberry Township
- Agency: Bartony & Associates LLC
- Main IPC: G01N33/00
- IPC: G01N33/00 ; G01N27/16 ; G01N27/404

Abstract:
A system for detecting an analyte gas in an environment includes a first gas sensor, a first contaminant sensor separate and spaced from the first gas sensor, and electronic circuitry in electrical connection with the first gas sensor to determine if the analyte gas is present based on a response of the first gas sensor. The electronic circuitry is further in electrical connection with the first contaminant sensor to measure a response of the first contaminant sensor over time. The measured response of the first contaminant sensor varies with an amount of one or more contaminants to which the system has been exposed in the environment over time.
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