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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1998
Mark J. Pasula, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Signet Diagnostic Corporation, Riviera Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a method of measuring the total volume of solids in a suspension, comprising the steps of: establishing a potential across a predetermined spatial volume; passing a portion of the suspension through the predetermined spatial volume; substantially continuously measuring the potential across the predetermined spatial volume over a first predetermined period of time; comparing the measured potential with a baseline; and calculating the total volume of solids in the suspension as a function of a total absolute deviation of the measured potential from the baseline. The baseline is preferably a dynamic baseline, and is determined with reference to the starting point of a sharp rise in the measured potential.