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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Particle Measuring Systems, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);

Inventors:

Edward Yates, Boulder, CO (US);

Cary Hertert, Boulder, CO (US);

Brian A. Knollenberg, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/10 (2013.01); G01N 15/14 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1024 (2024.01); G01N 2015/1486 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for detecting and/or growing particles, comprising controlling the surface area exposed to the saturator region by monitoring at least one of a depth of the working liquid on the saturator surface, the surface area exposed to the saturator region, or a volume of the working liquid on the saturator surface. Also disclosed is an apparatus or system for detecting and/or growing particles, comprising a fluidics system configured to control the surface area exposed to the saturator region by monitoring at least one of a depth of the working liquid on the saturator surface, the surface area exposed to the saturator region, or a volume of the working liquid on the saturator surface. Certain aspects do not employ one or more porous structures for vapor generation, nor a separate carrier fluid flow or inlet comprising a carrier fluid and vaporized working liquid for combining with the sample flow in the saturator region.


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