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Portable water quality instrument

US10620125B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 2017
Grant dateApr 14, 2020
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2201/13
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A hand-held microfluidic testing device is provided that includes a housing having a cartridge receiving port, a cartridge for input to the cartridge receiving port having a sample input and a channel, where the channel includes a mixture of Raman-scattering nanoparticles and a calibration solution, where the calibration solution includes chemical compounds capable of interacting with a sample under test input to the cartridge and the Raman-scattering nanoparticles, and an optical detection system in the housing, where the optical detection system is capable of providing an illuminated electric field, where the illuminating electric field is capable of being used for Raman spectroscopy with the Raman-scattering nanoparticles and the calibration solution to analyze the sample under test input to the cartridge.

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