The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1988
John A Smith, London, GB;
National Research Development Corporation, London, GB;
Abstract
The detection of compounds containing both nuclei of a kind which exhibit nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) and nuclei of a kind which exhibit nuclear quadrupole resonance (nqr), for example compounds containing both .sup.1 H and .sup.14 N nuclei, is carried out by subjecting a substance suspected of containing such a compound to a magnetic field and repetitively to three parallel activities A,H and B. Activity A comprises two similar rf pulse sequences P.sub.A and P.sub.B at the nmr frequency. Activity H is a temporary change in the value of the magnetic field, which may be a reduction to zero. Activity B is the application of additional rf signals. Activity H and/or activity B are different during each of the respective pulse sequences P.sub.A and P.sub.B. The activity B rf signals are at one or more frequencies selected so that in combination with the activity H in at least one of the pulse sequences the subsequent nmr signal is modified if such a compound is present. The difference in magnitude of the nmr signals obtained following the two types of rf pulse sequence is then measured.