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Apparatus and method for fully automated closed system quality control of a substance

US7519492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

23Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Peter Miller · New London, US
Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen · Malmö, SE
Martin John Bradney · Hereford, GB
Andrew Michael Leach · Clifton Park, US
Per Christian Sontum · Oslo, NO
Eric John Telfeyan · Guilderland, US
David Brandon Whitt · Albany, US
Jan Wolber · Norton, GB

Key dates

Filing date	May 2, 2007
Grant date	Apr 14, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 2, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/60
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides an apparatus and method for automated quality control of a substance comprising a compartment wherein a substance is located, a monitoring device coupled to the compartment and configured to monitor at least one quality control parameter prior to an end-use of the substance, and a processor coupled to the monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device is configured to communicate data to the processor for comparing at least one quality control parameter to an end-use value, and wherein the processor is further configured to control the release of the substance from the compartment to its end-use.

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