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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018

Filed:

May. 07, 2014
Applicants:

The University of North Carolina AT Charlotte, Charlotte, NC (US);

Aquisense Technologies Llc, Walton, KY (US);

Inventors:

Jennifer Godwin Pagan, Charlotte, NC (US);

Edward Brittain Stokes, Charlotte, NC (US);

Paolo Batoni, Charlotte, NC (US);

Assignees:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/59 (2006.01); A61L 9/20 (2006.01); G01N 21/03 (2006.01); G01N 21/33 (2006.01); C02F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/5907 (2013.01); A61L 9/205 (2013.01); G01N 21/031 (2013.01); G01N 21/33 (2013.01); A61L 2209/11 (2013.01); C02F 1/32 (2013.01); C02F 2209/11 (2013.01); C02F 2303/04 (2013.01); G01N 2201/065 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for determining the absorption coefficient and the optical density of a fluid as they relate to the wavelength of incident radiation. Specifically, ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV LEDs) or the like that emit ultraviolet (UV) radiation or the like are used as sources for irradiating the interior of an integrating chamber that is designed to increase the path length of the radiation through the fluid, thus enhancing the detection limits of the absorption coefficient and the optical density according to Beer's Law.


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