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Programmable standard for use in an apparatus and process for the noninvasive measurement of optically absorbing compounds

US5748308A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 1996
Grant dateMay 5, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J2003/2866
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a programmable filter for use as a standard in correlation spectrometers. Also provided is the use of the programmable standard in a process for determining the concentration of an optically absorbing compound. Also provided is a method and apparatus for noninvasively determining the concentration of an optically absorbing biological sample which incorporates the programmable standard of the invention.

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