Abstract:
A measuring apparatus of the present invention is an apparatus by means of which the constituent concentration of a specimen is measured on the basis of the color change in a test material housed in a test piece, which has reacted because of the specimen. The apparatus irradiates the test material which is a test piece loaded in the apparatus's main body and detects the intensity of the light reflected by the test material. A detection signal detected in the above way is sampled in a time period before and after the measurement timing at which the test material changes in color because of the specimen. An average value of the sampled detection signals is determined. The constituent concentration of the specimen is computed by referring to a stored conversion table on the basis of the average value determined in the above way.
Abstract:
Provided is a weak luminescence detecting device that is capable of, in luminescence measurements, reducing dark current values and dark current pulse counts, preventing fluctuations in dark current values and dark current pulse counts with respect to temperature, and capturing an optical signal with a large solid angle, and that can, with high sensitivity, detect luminescence without directivity, such as bioluminescence and chemiluminescence. A luminescence measuring device is provided with a plate member to hold a container holder in which a sample is stored, a light detector to detect luminescence in the sample, a temperature control unit to control the temperature of the light detector, and a ventilator to blow air on the light receiving face of the light detector.
Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for determining a water treatment parameter includes receiving, by a computer, measurements of a fluorescence emission spectrum of a water sample including a first peak emission wavelength and at least a second peak emission wavelength, emitted in response to an excitation wavelength, receiving, by the computer, an absorbance measurement obtained at the excitation wavelength of the water sample, determining, using the computer, a ratio of the measurements at either the second peak emission wavelength, or a sum of measurements at a plurality of peak emission wavelengths including at least the first peak emission wavelength and the second peak emission wavelength, to the first peak emission wavelength, and calculating, using the computer, a value for the water treatment parameter based on a combination of at least the ratio and the absorbance measurement.
Abstract:
Quantitative colorimetric carbon dioxide detection and measurement systems are disclosed. The systems can include a gas conduit, a colorimetric indicator adapted to exhibit a color change in response to exposure to carbon dioxide gas, a temperature controller operatively coupled to the colorimetric indicator and configured to control the temperature of the colorimetric indicator, an electro-optical sensor assembly including a light source or sources adapted to transmit light to the colorimetric indicator, and a photodiode or photodiodes configured to detect light reflected from the colorimetric indicator and to generate a measurement signal, and a processor in communication with the electro-optical sensor assembly. The processor can be configured to receive the measurement signal generated by the electro-optical sensor assembly and to compute a concentration of carbon dioxide based on the measurement signal. Methods for using the systems are also disclosed including providing a breathing therapy to a patient or user.
Abstract:
The present application describes an optical sensor for measuring oxygen gas levels in a medium. The optical sensor includes a substrate having a first and second surface. The optical sensor also includes a first coating applied on the first surface of the substrate. The first coating may include an oxygen impermeable matrix doped with a first fluorophore. The optical sensor may include a second coating applied on the substrate. The present application also describes a capnography system for measuring oxygen including an optical sensor and an algorithm to estimate the maxima of oxygen levels from instantaneous oxygen levels and calculating instantaneous carbon dioxide levels from the difference between average maximum oxygen gas level and instantaneous oxygen gas level.
Abstract:
Vorrichtung zur optischen Detektion von Analyten in einer Probe, mit optoelektronischen Komponenten in Form von mehreren optischen Detektoren zum Empfang von Photonen und mehreren optischen Emittern zum Emittieren von Photonen, bei der mindestens drei Emitter in einer flächigen Anordnung, nicht auf einer Linie, vorgesehen sind, und mindestens drei Detektoren in einer flächigen Anordnung, nicht auf einer Linie, vorgesehen sind, und die Emitter und/oder die Detektoren mindestens drei unterschiedliche Wellenlängencharakteristika aufweisen.
Abstract:
Quantitative colorimetric carbon dioxide detection and measurement systems are disclosed. The systems can include a gas conduit, a colorimetric indicator adapted to exhibit a color change in response to exposure to carbon dioxide gas, a temperature controller operatively coupled to the colorimetric indicator and configured to control the temperature of the colorimetric indicator, an electro-optical sensor assembly including a light source or sources adapted to transmit light to the colorimetric indicator, and a photodiode or photodiodes configured to detect light reflected from the colorimetric indicator and to generate a measurement signal, and a processor in communication with the electro-optical sensor assembly. The processor can be configured to receive the measurement signal generated by the electro-optical sensor assembly and to compute a concentration of carbon dioxide based on the measurement signal. Methods for using the systems are also disclosed including providing a breathing therapy to a patient or user.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of controlling a product analysis spectrometer, the spectrometer comprising a light source (LS) comprising several light-emitting diodes (LD1-LD4) having respective emission spectra covering in combination a band of analysis wavelengths, the method comprising steps consisting in: providing a supply current (I1-I4) to at least one of the light-emitting diodes so as to illuminate it, measuring a luminous intensity (LFL1- LFL4) emitted by the light source by measuring a current at a terminal of at least one other of the light-emitting diodes which is kept unlit, determining as a function of each measurement of luminous intensity a setpoint value (LC1-LC4) of the supply current for each lit diode, and regulating the supply current for each lit diode so that it corresponds to the setpoint value.
Abstract:
Ein Verfahren zur Bestimmung einer Konzentration eines Gases in einer Probe und/oder der Zusammensetzung eines Gases mittels eines Spektrometers umfasst das Aussenden von Strahlung, deren Wellenlänge einen Wellenlängenbereich im Wesentlichen kontinuierlich durchläuft, wobei das kontinuierliche Durchlaufen des Wellenlängenbereichs durch eine Wellenlängenmodulation überlagert wird, das Messen eines Absorptionssignals aus der Absorption der Strahlung durch das Gas als Funktion der Wellenlänge der Strahlung, das Umwandeln des Absorptionssignals in ein erstes und in ein zweites Derivativsignal, das Ableiten einer ersten Gaskonzentrationsmessgröße aus dem ersten Derivativsignal und einer zweiten Gaskonzentrationsmessgröße aus dem zweiten Derivativsignal, und das Bestimmen der Konzentration und/oder Zusammensetzung des Gases aus zumindest der ersten Gaskonzentrationsmessgröße, wobei die Wellenlängenmodulation in Reaktion auf eine Änderung einer Zustandsgröße des Gases derart angepasst wird, dass ein Größenverhältnis zwischen der ersten Gaskonzentrationsmessgröße und der zweiten Gaskonzentrationsmessgröße im Wesentlichen konstant gehalten wird.