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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:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anders Hanning, Sollentuna, SE;
Johan Roeraade, Tumba, SE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/30 ; G01N 2/164 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/30 ; G01N 2/164 ;
Abstract
A device for detection of one or several fluorescent species, said species being contained in a medium, said medium being contained in a conduit, said device comprising a means of exciting the fluorescent species by light, said medium and conduit making up a structure that is transparent to the exciting and the emitted fluorescent light, and said device comprising one or several such structures, may be improved by letting at least part of the emitted fluorescent light be guided away from the illumination zone by total internal reflection (TIR) in said structure and collected from one end of said structure.