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Apparatus to register the quantity of sebum secreted by a skin

US4480921A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 6, 1979
Grant dateNov 6, 1984
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Expiry dateApr 6, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/274
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Method and apparatus to measure the quantity of sebum secreted by the skin, by passing light through the specimen. The light passed through the specimen is modulated at a predetermined frequency, and only light of the same modulated frequency is measured by a receiver. The apparatus includes automatic zero calibration, and several embodiments of stabilized phototransistor circuits.

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