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Skin reflectance measuring apparatus

US4846184A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 23, 1988
Grant dateJul 11, 1989
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/4742
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A probe comprising a casing of which one face which will be in contact with the skin is providied with an aperture, is connected to a measuring device by means of a flexible connection in fiber optics comprising at least three optical conductors which, at a first end, are secured in the casing of the probe such as to face the aperture thereof, the first and second conductors having their first end portions directed respectively in a first and a second directions which are symmetrical to each other with respect to an axis extending normally through the aperture, while the third conductor has its first end portion directed in another direction than said second direction.

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