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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:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Gersh Z. Taicher, Houston, TX (US);
Zinovy Krugliak, Houston, TX (US);
Israel Kovner, Houston, TX (US);
Andrei Baikalov, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Gersh Z. Taicher, Houston, TX (US);
Zinovy Krugliak, Houston, TX (US);
Israel Kovner, Houston, TX (US);
Andrei Baikalov, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Echo Medical Systems, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for hazardous liquid detection within a container includes inducing a static magnetic field in the container, inducing a radio frequency magnetic field in the container at a frequency selected to excite nuclear magnetic resonance phenomena in liquids; detecting nuclear magnetic resonance signals from the container and analyzing the signals for presence of liquids above a threshold mass.