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Preparing samples for optical measurement

US8081305B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20References

37Claims

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Assignee

Ahura Scientific Inc. · US

Inventors

Masud Azimi · Nashua, US
Arran Bibby · Savannah, US
Christopher D. Brown · Los Gatos, US
Peili Chen · Andover, US
Kevin J. Knopp · Brookline, US
Daryoosh Vakhshoori · Cambridge, US
Peidong Wang · Columbus, US
Stephen McLaughlin · Andover, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 2009
Grant date	Dec 20, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 7, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N21/552
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

We disclose an apparatus comprising: a hand-portable optical analysis unit including an optical interface; and a device configured to receive and releasably engage the hand-portable optical analysis unit. The device comprises: a housing; a sample unit in the housing; and a resilient member configured to bias the sample unit and the hand-portable analysis unit towards each other when the hand-portable optical analysis unit is received in the device to compress a sample disposed between the sample unit and the optical interface of the optical analysis unit. Methods of analyzing samples are also disclosed.

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