METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS GAS MONITORING USING MICRO-COLORIMETRIC SENSING AND OPTICAL TRACKING OF COLOR SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220178834A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-09

    申请号:US17681128

    申请日:2022-02-25

    Abstract: A micro-colorimetric sensor for sensing target chemicals using edge tracking includes a substrate. A plurality of parallel linear channels of porous media is entrenched into the substrate and each linear channel includes a sensing material adapted to sense one of several specific target chemicals in air. The plurality of parallel linear channels is separated by barrier material from the adjacent parallel linear channel where the barrier material blocks diffusion of chemicals from one linear channel to another. A plate is affixed over the substrate top to cover the plurality of parallel linear channels. An air sample is diffused along the micro-colorimetric sensor and color images are captured. An intensity profile is derived from the plurality of color images to determine a maximum and a minimum intensity value along the sensor. A plurality of positions along the sensor is tracked to determine an edge position.

    SPECIFIC, REVERSIBLE, AND WIDE-DYNAMIC RANGE SENSOR FOR REAL TIME DETECTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE
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    SPECIFIC, REVERSIBLE, AND WIDE-DYNAMIC RANGE SENSOR FOR REAL TIME DETECTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE 审中-公开
    二氧化碳实时检测的特殊,可逆和宽动态范围传感器

    公开(公告)号:US20160313290A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-27

    申请号:US15104668

    申请日:2014-12-17

    Abstract: A CO2 detection chamber includes a gas inlet and a gas outlet. A CO2 sensor is housed in the CO2 detection chamber, where the sensor includes a reversible and selective pH-sensitive nanocomposite sensor element for CO2 detection, and a hydrophobic surface. A flowmeter, a thermistor and a humidity sensor operate to read flow and compensate for humidity conditions. A light source is coupled to receive signals from the CO2 sensor and respond to color changes in the sensor by transducing the color change into a light intensity change. A photodiode receives signals from the light source and responds to light intensity changes by transducing the light intensity changes into electronic signals representing varying degrees of light intensity. Data representing CO2 measurements is transmitted for display to a mobile device.

    Abstract translation: CO 2检测室包括气体入口和气体出口。 CO 2传感器被容纳在CO 2检测室中,其中传感器包括用于CO 2检测的可逆和选择性pH敏感的纳米复合传感器元件和疏水表面。 流量计,热敏电阻和湿度传感器用于读取流量并补偿湿度条件。 耦合光源以从CO 2传感器接收信号,并通过将颜色变化转换为光强度变化来响应传感器中的颜色变化。 光电二极管从光源接收信号并通过将光强度变化转换成表示不同程度的光强度的电子信号来响应光强度变化。 发送表示二氧化碳测量的数据被发送以便显示到移动设备。

    Method and apparatus for continuous gas monitoring using micro-colorimetric sensing and optical tracking of color spatial distribution

    公开(公告)号:US12146836B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-19

    申请号:US17681128

    申请日:2022-02-25

    Abstract: A micro-colorimetric sensor for sensing target chemicals using edge tracking includes a substrate. A plurality of parallel linear channels of porous media is entrenched into the substrate and each linear channel includes a sensing material adapted to sense one of several specific target chemicals in air. The plurality of parallel linear channels is separated by barrier material from the adjacent parallel linear channel where the barrier material blocks diffusion of chemicals from one linear channel to another. A plate is affixed over the substrate top to cover the plurality of parallel linear channels. An air sample is diffused along the micro-colorimetric sensor and color images are captured. An intensity profile is derived from the plurality of color images to determine a maximum and a minimum intensity value along the sensor. A plurality of positions along the sensor is tracked to determine an edge position.

    Chemical complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CCMOS) colorimetric sensors for multiplex detection and analysis

    公开(公告)号:US11543345B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-03

    申请号:US16857660

    申请日:2020-04-24

    Abstract: A colorimetric sensor array includes a CMOS image sensor having a surface including pixels and a multiplicity of colorimetric sensing elements. Each sensing element has a sensing material disposed directly on one or more of the pixels. The colorimetric sensing elements are distributed randomly on the surface of the CMOS image sensor. Fabricating the colorimetric sensor array includes spraying a sensing fluid in the form of droplets directly on a surface of a CMOS image sensor and removing the solvent from the droplets to yield a multiplicity of sensing elements on the surface of the CMOS image sensor. Each droplet covers one or more pixels of the CMOS image sensor with the sensing fluid. The sensing fluid includes a solvent and a sensing material. The droplets are distributed randomly on the surface of the CMOS image sensor.

    Optical imaging of single molecule size, charge, mobility, binding and conformational change

    公开(公告)号:US11480541B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US16584120

    申请日:2019-09-26

    Abstract: A method for optical imaging of single protein molecules including tethering single protein molecules via a flexible polymer linker to a glass slide having a surface coated with an indium tin oxide (ITO) so that the single protein molecules are tethered to the coated surface. The single protein molecules are driven into oscillation by applying an alternating electric field to the coated surface and the glass slide is located in the field of view of an objective lens. Incident light is directed onto the coated surface from an angle to generate an evanescent field and produce scattered light. The scattered light is collected and imaged by a CMOS imager to record a sequence of images of the scattered light. A Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) filter is applied to each pixel of the recorded image sequence to produce an oscillation amplitude image from which size, charge, and mobility of the plurality of single protein molecules can be determined.

    Rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing by tracking sub-micron scale motion of single bacterial cells

    公开(公告)号:US11198897B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-14

    申请号:US17072742

    申请日:2020-10-16

    Abstract: A method for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing by tracking sub-micron scale motion of single bacterial cells including obtaining a biological sample from a subject including live bacteria. Different doses of antibiotic are added to a multi-well glass slide and adding portions of the biological sample to the wells. Bacterial cells are tethered onto the surface. The tethered bacterial cells are imaged and tracked. Bacterial sub-micron motion of tethered cells is measured at the different doses. A processor performs statistical analysis on a population of cells for each antibiotic dose to generate an antibiotic dose curve proportional to the motion changes, where the antibiotic dose curve plots data including a decrease in movement over time indicating a proportional effectiveness of an antibiotic applied to a well.

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