Gas sampling cell

US10012585B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Oridion Medical 1987 Ltd. · IL

Inventors

• Alon Goldring · Nes Ziona, IL
• Alon Sasson · Rehovot, IL
• Avner Bar-Lev · Givatayim, IL
• Gershon Levitsky · Jerusalem, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 3, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 12, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A50/20
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sensor for detecting concentration of a component in a breath sample including a gas sampling cell having an inlet, an outlet, a light source, a first light detector, a sampling channel configured to receive gas samples from the inlet; the sampling channel defining a light path between said light source and said first light detector; and a volume occupying material located within the sampling channel, the volume occupying material having an absorption coefficient for mid-infra-red light below 0.5 cm−1 at room temperature.