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US 12,194,462 B2Granted
System for imaging and monitoring fluids
AssigneeVbact Ltd.
InventorsDan Zemer, Oz Bornstein
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Abstract
The present disclosure concerns a system for imaging and monitoring fluids to identify the presence of objects therein. Objects that are being identified by the system include, for example, microorganisms, particles, bacteria, cells, foreign substances (e.g. bubbles of air in a liquid, substance that may change visual parameters of the main liquid such as color and transparency), etc. Identification of the objects by the system is then may be followed by analysis to conclude the status of the system (e.g. identifying contamination, impurities, etc.).
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A device comprising:
- a flow channel comprising a first portion, an imaging portion downstream thereto and a second portion downstream said imaging portion, such that a liquid flowing through said flow channel flows from said first portion through said imaging portion and from said imaging portion to exit said flow channel through said second portion;
- wherein a first side of said first portion is linked by a lead sloping segment to said imaging portion at a first slope angle and a first side of said second portion is linked by a drain sloping segment to said imaging portion at a second slope angle, and second sides of said first and second portions opposite to said first sides of said first and second portions are not sloped with respect to said imaging portion;
- wherein said imaging portion is dimensioned with respect to flow of a liquid therethrough such that the flow of the liquid therethrough is laminar;
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- an imaging unit positioned in view of said imaging portion to capture images of the liquid flowing therethrough.
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A device comprising:
- a flow channel comprising a first portion, an imaging portion downstream thereto and a second portion downstream said imaging portion;
- wherein said imaging portion is dimensioned with respect to flow of a liquid therethrough such that the flow of the liquid therethrough is laminar;
- an imaging unit positioned in view of said imaging portion to capture images of the liquid flowing therethrough;
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- a bypass channel linking between said first portion and said second portion, wherein a lead sloping segment diverts flow from said first portion at a first slope angle to said bypass channel and a drain sloping segment diverts flow from said bypass channel at a second slope angle to said second portion, such that a portion of the liquid flows through said bypass channel and another portion of the liquid flows through said imaging portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.