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US 12,169,184 B2Granted
Wirelessly sensing properties of a closed environment and devices thereof
AssigneeGate Scientific, Inc.
InventorsKristian Michael Scaboo, Morten Juel Jensen, George Pontis, Paul Reynolds, Ethan Romander
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Abstract
A wireless sensor that can measure properties of a substance and transmits the properties to a remote wireless receiver is disclosed. The wireless sensor can be fully enclosed within a container containing the substance, for example, allowing remote monitoring of the properties of the substance without compromising the integrity of the closed system.
Claims18
A method for determining pH of a first liquid in a container and agitating the same first liquid, comprising:
- positioning the container on a receiver instrument, wherein the receiver instrument comprises a wireless receiver;
- positioning a submersible device in the first liquid, wherein the submersible device comprises a pH sensor and a reference sensor and a temperature sensor and a wireless transmitter, and wherein the wireless transmitter is in communication with the wireless receiver,
- measuring pH of the first liquid by determining a voltage potential difference between the pH sensor and the reference sensor;
- measuring a temperature of the first liquid with the temperature sensor;
- communicating data to the receiver instrument;
- agitating the first liquid, wherein the submersible device comprises a first magnet, and wherein the receiver instrument comprises a magnetic field creator, and wherein the magnetic field creator creates and alters a magnetic field exerting a magnetic force on the first magnet, and wherein the agitating the first liquid comprises moving the submersible device in the first liquid with the magnetic force on the first magnet.
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A method for determining pH of a first liquid in a container, comprising:
- positioning the container at a receiver instrument, wherein the receiver instrument comprises a wireless receiver;
- positioning a submersible device in the first liquid, wherein the submersible device comprises a pH sensor and a reference sensor and a temperature sensor and a wireless transmitter, and wherein the wireless transmitter is in communication with the wireless receiver;
- measuring pH of the first liquid by determining a voltage potential difference between the pH sensor and the reference sensor, where the pH sensor comprises a glass electrode that is sensitive to hydrogen ions and where the reference sensor comprises a porous frit with gel electrolyte and an electrode;
- measuring a temperature of the first liquid with the temperature sensor;
- communicating data to the receiver instrument;
- powering the submersible device with wireless energy such that the submersible device does not contain a battery;
- calculating the pH based on the voltage potential difference between the pH sensor and the reference sensor and compensating the pH calculation based on the first liquid temperature from the temperature sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.