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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2013
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jing Wang, Zurich, CH;
David Y. H. Pui, Plymouth, MN (US);
Heinz Fissan, Kerken, DE;
Sheng-Chieh Chen, St. Paul, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for characterizing a totality of particles selects a class of the totality of particles having a defined mobility; determines the total particle concentration of the class of particles; filters the class of particles using the filter apparatus and determines a filtered particle concentration indicative of the particles of the class which penetrate the filter apparatus; and determines at least one morphological parameter based on the fraction of particles of a class penetrating the filter apparatus.