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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
May. 07, 1997
Christopher C Jung, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Nader Nazarifar, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
An array of four infrared LEDs and an array of four phototransistor receivers with each LED and phototransistor mounted inside a light baffle. The LEDs are positioned in a substantially vertical array just outside one side wall of the cassette. The vertical line on which the LEDs are arranged is substantially parallel to the direction in which the fluid/air interface moves within the cassette. The LEDs are aimed upwardly at an angle of approximately 20.degree. from horizontal. A corresponding substantially vertical array of four phototransistor receivers is mounted outside the cassette opposite the LEDs such that each of the receivers is aimed at its corresponding LED.