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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:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
John Volckens, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kimberly Anderson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David Leith, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Mwangi T. Ndonga, Broomfield, CO (US);
Azer Yalin, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher M. Limbach, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/71 (2006.01); G01J 3/443 (2006.01); G01N 1/22 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/718 (2013.01); G01J 3/443 (2013.01); G01N 1/2202 (2013.01); G01N 15/10 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2223 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0046 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for characterizing particles in an aerosol are disclosed. A system includes a collection container that utilizes the principles of elutriation to collect particles of selected aerodynamic diameter ranges within a measurement region. A particle detector is used to detect and characterize particles that have settled into the measurement region.