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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
William R Seitz, Durham, NH (US);
Marian F McCurley, Watertown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Polysense, Inc., Wellesley, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25022721 ; 2502311 ;
Abstract
Chemical sensors can detect the presence of chemical species in solution based upon polymer swelling in response to the chemical species. Polymer swelling is indirectly determined by measuring light reflected from a reflector affixed directly or indirectly to the polymer. Such that increase or decrease in the size of the polymer changes the distance between the reflector and a light source. Measurements of the light reflected from the reflector indicate the amount of swelling or shrinkage of the polymer in response to the chemical species.