High accuracy mass sensor for monitoring fluid quantity in storage tanks
    2.
    发明授权
    High accuracy mass sensor for monitoring fluid quantity in storage tanks 失效
    用于监测储罐液量的高精度质量传感器

    公开(公告)号:US5245869A

    公开(公告)日:1993-09-21

    申请号:US769865

    申请日:1991-10-01

    IPC分类号: G01F23/16 G01F23/18 G01M3/32

    摘要: A mass sensoring system for monitoring the amount of fluid in a storage tank with an accuracy high enough to determine both the quantity present and the potential loss of fluid at a loss rate of 0.05 gal/hr or at least 0.1 gal/hr. The system utilizes a pressure sensor positioned at the bottom of the tank and in contact with the fluid. This device includes a bellows unit whose displacement is correlated to changes in the mass of fluid in which it is immersed, and a transducer for monitoring the position of the bellows, wherein the interior of the bellows unit is in the same atmosphere as the sensor, and the sensor is in communication with the vapor pressure immediately above the fluid in the tank. The outside of the bellows is subjected to the stored fluid. A multiple-capsule bellows assembly is coupled to an LDVT transducer in a thermal-expansion-cancelling configuration of the invention.

    摘要翻译: 一种质量传感系统,用于以0.05加仑/小时或至少0.1加仑/小时的损失速率监测存储罐中的流体的量,其精度足够高以确定流体的存在量和潜在损失。 该系统利用位于罐底部并与流体接触的压力传感器。 该装置包括波纹管单元,其位移与其浸入的流体的质量变化相关,以及用于监测波纹管的位置的换能器,其中波纹管单元的内部处于与传感器相同的气氛中, 并且传感器与罐中流体正上方的蒸汽压力相通。 波纹管的外部经受存储的流体。 在本发明的热膨胀消除结构中,多个胶囊波纹管组件联接到LDVT换能器。

    Sample analysis using low resolution Raman spectroscopy
    3.
    发明授权
    Sample analysis using low resolution Raman spectroscopy 失效
    使用低分辨率拉曼光谱的样品分析

    公开(公告)号:US5982484A

    公开(公告)日:1999-11-09

    申请号:US31022

    申请日:1998-02-26

    IPC分类号: G01J3/44 G01N21/65

    摘要: The present invention provides an apparatus for measuring a property of a sample using low resolution Raman spectroscopy. The apparatus includes a multi-mode laser element, a wavelength dispersion element, a detector, and a processor. The multi-mode laser element irradiates a sample with laser radiation to produce a Raman spectrum. The collection element collects the radiation scattered from the molecules of the sample and transmits the scattered radiation to the dispersion element. The dispersion element disperses the scattered radiation into different wavelength components. The detection array detects the different wavelength components. A processor processes data from the detector array to identify a constituent or to measure a property of the sample. The apparatus preferably has a resolution of between 30 cm.sup.-1 and 50 cm.sup.-1. The resolution of the apparatus being determined in part by the spectral full width at half maximum of the multi-mode laser, and, in part, by the dispersion element.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种使用低分辨率拉曼光谱测量样品的性质的装置。 该装置包括多模激光元件,波长色散元件,检测器和处理器。 多模激光元件用激光辐射照射样品以产生拉曼光谱。 收集元件收集从样品分子散射的辐射,并将散射的辐射传输到分散元件。 分散元件将散射的辐射分散成不同的波长成分。 检测阵列检测不同的波长分量。 处理器处理来自检测器阵列的数据以识别成分或测量样品的性质。 该装置优选具有在30cm -1和50cm -1之间的分辨率。 该装置的分辨率部分地由多模激光器的半值的光谱全宽确定,部分由色散元件确定。

    Method for marking and identifying liquids
    4.
    发明授权
    Method for marking and identifying liquids 失效
    液体识别和识别方法

    公开(公告)号:US5958780A

    公开(公告)日:1999-09-28

    申请号:US885164

    申请日:1997-06-30

    摘要: Methods for marking a liquid and methods and systems for identifying marked liquids. A liquid can be marked for identification purposes with at least a first marker and a second marker. Each of the markers is miscible with the liquid. The markers are mixed in the liquid so that the ratio of the concentration of the first marker to the concentration of the second marker is substantially equal to a predetermined value. Thus, when a system according to the invention measures the concentrations of the first and second markers, the system can compare the ratio of the measured concentration of the first marker to the measured concentration of the second marker with a look up table of the predetermined values to provide information concerning the identity of the liquid. In a preferred embodiment, the concentration of the markers is measured using an absorption spectrometer. When using an absorption spectrometer to measure the concentration of the markers, each of the markers has an absorbance spectrum with at least one wavelength range where the marker's absorbance is differentiable from the absorbance of the background liquid and any other marker in the liquid.

    摘要翻译: 标记液体的方法和用于识别标记液体的方法和系统。 液体可以用至少第一标记和第二标记进行标识。 每个标记物都与液体混溶。 标记物在液体中混合,使得第一标记物的浓度与第二标记物的浓度之比基本上等于预定值。 因此,当根据本发明的系统测量第一和第二标记的浓度时,系统可以用预定值的查找表来比较第一标记的测量浓度与第二标记的测量浓度的比率 提供关于液体身份的信息。 在优选的实施方案中,使用吸收光谱仪测量标记物的浓度。 当使用吸收光谱仪来测量标记物的浓度时,每个标记物具有至少一个波长范围的吸收光谱,其中标记物的吸光度与背景液体和液体中任何其它标记物的吸光度不同。

    Raman spectroscopic test strip systems
    5.
    发明授权
    Raman spectroscopic test strip systems 失效
    拉曼光谱测试条系统

    公开(公告)号:US07688440B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-30

    申请号:US11698084

    申请日:2007-01-26

    IPC分类号: G01J3/44

    摘要: The invention provides diagnostic apparatuses that are advantageously adapted for the Raman spectroscopic analysis of fluid samples, such as biological fluid samples, deposited on test strip substrates. The tests strips may be include a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) surface for deposition and analysis of a sample and/or may be lateral flow binding assay type test strips.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了有利地适用于沉积在测试条基材上的流体样品(例如生物流体样品)的拉曼光谱分析的诊断装置。 测试条可以包括用于样品沉积和分析的表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)表面和/或可以是侧向流动结合测定型测试条。

    Laser systems for food analysis based on reflectance ratio detection
    7.
    发明授权
    Laser systems for food analysis based on reflectance ratio detection 失效
    基于反射率检测的食品分析激光系统

    公开(公告)号:US5239180A

    公开(公告)日:1993-08-24

    申请号:US928539

    申请日:1992-08-13

    申请人: Richard H. Clarke

    发明人: Richard H. Clarke

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00 G01N21/35

    摘要: Systems and methods for material analysis are disclosed in which a material (e.g., a food of food ingredient) is illuminated at a plurality of discrete wavelengths. Measurements of the intensity of reflected light at such wavelengths are taken, and a analysis of reflection ratios for various wavelengths is performed. Changes in the reflection ratios are correlated with specific material properties such as the concentration of analytes or the condition of the material (e.g., spoilage, ripeness, degree of cooking or other processing stages).

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于材料分析的系统和方法,其中以多个离散波长照射材料(例如,食品成分的食物)。 测量这些波长的反射光的强度,并进行各种波长的反射率分析。 反射率的变化与特定材料性质(例如分析物的浓度或材料的状态(例如腐败,成熟度,烹饪程度或其他处理阶段))相关。

    RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC MONITORING OF HEMODIALYSIS
    8.
    发明申请
    RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC MONITORING OF HEMODIALYSIS 审中-公开
    拉曼光谱分析监测

    公开(公告)号:US20100165324A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-01

    申请号:US12645166

    申请日:2009-12-22

    IPC分类号: G01N33/48

    摘要: Spectroscopic systems and methods are disclosed for determining levels of at least one analyte in blood undergoing hemodialysis. In one aspect, the invention employs Raman spectroscopy to monitor and/or control hemodialysis. In one embodiment, the system uses a laser light directed to circulating blood from a patient undergoing dialysis to make Raman spectral measurements. For example, the laser light can be directed into a segment of the dialysis tubing. The system can utilize unique Raman spectroscopic signature of one or more analytes, e.g., urea, to identify and quantify such analytes against a whole blood background. Based on the spectral response, the concentration of the analytes can be monitored and/or used to control hemodialysis.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于确定进行血液透析的血液中至少一种分析物的水平的光谱系统和方法。 在一个方面,本发明使用拉曼光谱来监测和/或控制血液透析。 在一个实施例中,系统使用指向的循环血液的激光,来自经历透析的患者进行拉曼光谱测量。 例如,激光可以被引导到透析管的一段中。 该系统可以利用一种或多种分析物(例如尿素)的独特拉曼光谱特征来鉴定和量化针对全血背景的这种分析物。 基于光谱响应,可以监测和/或使用分析物的浓度来控制血液透析。

    Catheter-delivered low resolution Raman scattering analyzing system for detecting lesions
    10.
    发明授权
    Catheter-delivered low resolution Raman scattering analyzing system for detecting lesions 失效
    导管传递的低分辨率拉曼散射分析系统,用于检测病变

    公开(公告)号:US06208887B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-03-27

    申请号:US09339524

    申请日:1999-06-24

    申请人: Richard H. Clarke

    发明人: Richard H. Clarke

    IPC分类号: A61B500

    CPC分类号: A61B5/0075 A61B5/0084

    摘要: The present invention provides low resolution Raman spectroscopic systems and methods for in-vivo detection and analysis of a lesion in a lumen of a subject. The system uses a multi-mode laser attached to a catheter in making in-vivo Raman spectroscopic measurements of the lumen. The system includes a light collector and/or a light dispersion element as well as a detector to measure spectral patterns that indicate the presence of the lesion. Based on the spectral response of the lumen, the presence (or absence) of a lesion can be determined. In addition, the components of the lesion can also be identified based on the unique Raman spectrum associated with each component.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了低分辨率拉曼光谱系统和用于体内检测和分析受试者的管腔中病变的方法。 该系统使用连接到导管的多模激光器进行体内拉曼光谱测量。 该系统包括光收集器和/或光分散元件以及用于测量指示病变存在的光谱图案的检测器。 基于管腔的光谱响应,可以确定病变的存在(或不存在)。 此外,还可以基于与每个组分相关联的唯一拉曼光谱来鉴定损伤的组分。