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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Wouter Harry Rensen, Eindhoven, NL;
Michael Cornelis Van Beek, Eindhoven, NL;
Marjolein Van Der Voort, Valkenswaard, NL;
Bernardus Leonardus Bakker, Nijmegen, NL;
Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Eindhoven, NL;
Teunis Willem Tukker, Eindhoven, NL;
Wouter Harry Rensen, Eindhoven, NL;
Michael Cornelis Van Beek, Eindhoven, NL;
Marjolein Van Der Voort, Valkenswaard, NL;
Bernardus Leonardus Bakker, Nijmegen, NL;
Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Eindhoven, NL;
Teunis Willem Tukker, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A property of a fluid is determined spectroscopically, such as for the purposes of in vivo blood analysis. First the position of a volume of interest through which the fluid flows is determined by an optical detection step by making use of an objective. Preferably the optical detection step is an imaging step. Next the objective is moved to bring the focal point of the objective into coincidence with the volume of interest. In this position an optical spectroscopic step is performed. This has the advantage that the measurement beam for performing the optical spectroscopy travels along the optical axis for optimum efficiency.