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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Michael L. Myrick, Columbia, SC (US);
Timothy J. Shaw, Columbia, SC (US);
Tammi L. Richardson, Columbia, SC (US);
Laura S. Bruckman, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Megan R. Pearl, Columbia, SC (US);
Joseph A. Swanstrom, Lexington, SC (US);
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Abstract
Methods for in situ detection and classification of analyte within a fluid sample are provided. In one embodiment, the method can include: (a) continuously flowing the fluid sample through a multivariate optical computing device, wherein the multivariate optical computing device illuminates an area of the fluid sample as it flows through the multivariate optical computing device to elicit a continuous series of spectral responses; (b) continuously measuring the series of multivariate spectral responses as the fluid sample flows through the multivariate optical computing device; (c) detecting an analyte (e.g., phytoplankton) in the sample based on an multivariate spectral response of the plurality of spectral responses; and (d) classifying the analyte based on the multivariate spectral response generated by the analyte.