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Spectrophotometer with validation programs

US6449040B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 12, 1999
Grant dateSep 10, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/0357
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A spectrophotometer has not only an optical system for irradiating a cell with light having a specified wavelength, a detector for detecting light received from the cell and a data processor for precessing data based of detection signals from the detector, but also a cell sensor and a cell identifier for detecting whether a cell is mounted and, if so, the kind of the mounted cell, a program memory which stores validation programs for carrying out validation tests and a validation controller for retrieving from the program memory one of the stored validation programs corresponding to the identified kind of the cell and carrying out the retrieved validation program.

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