Multiple phase flow system for detecting and isolating substances

US9151709B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Curators of the University of Missouri · US

Inventors

• Christine Mary O'Brien · Chesterfield, US
• Sagar Gupta · Ghaziabad, IN
• John Andrew Viator · Pittsburgh, US
• Shramik Sengupta · Columbia, US
• Jeff Mosley · New Bloomfield, US
• Kyle Rood · Saint Peters, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 8, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 6, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 15, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2021/1708
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A multiple flow system and method for detecting substances in a fluid is provided. More specifically, a first fluid tube containing a first fluid and a second fluid tube containing a second fluid are coupled to a common fluid tube via a connector, such that alternating discrete compartments of the first fluid and the second fluid flow through the common fluid tube. The first and second fluids are immiscible. A substance detector, having a flow chamber with an internal wall, is coupled to the common fluid tube. The alternating discrete compartments of the first and second fluids flow through the flow chamber and are analyzed by the substance detector.