Optical analysis system for dynamic real-time detection and measurement
US8358418B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 10, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N21/9508
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of real-time processing and monitoring comprises the steps of blending a material of interest (e.g., an active pharmaceutical material), with a secondary material, (e.g., an excipient), illuminating the blended materials with light, reflecting light carrying information about the blended materials through at least one multivariate optical element (148) and detecting said light with a first detector (152), detecting a deflected portion of the information carrying light with a second detector (156), and determining in real-time at least one selected property of the blended materials based on the detector outputs.
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