Device for detecting an analyte in a flowable sample
AssigneeSenova Systems, Inc.
InventorsLee Leonard, Victor Simonyi, Eric Lee
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Abstract
A pH sensor device for continuously measuring pH in a flowable sample, the device including a housing having a channel and cavity for capturing and directing a sample aliquot to a pH sensor. The pH sensor device may further include a porous material placed adjacent to the pH sensor to attract a sample aliquot to the pH sensor via capillary force.
Claims9
A device for measuring an analyte in a flowable material sample contained within a container wherein the flowable material sample is being agitated within the container, the device comprising:
- an analyte sensor;
- and
- a housing comprising a top surface, a cavity formed within the housing and open to the top surface of the housing, the pH meter being disposed in the cavity, and parallel sides contiguous with the top surface of the housing and perpendicular thereto, wherein the top surface and the parallel sides together form a channel for directing a sample fluid over the top surface of the housing and into the cavity, and wherein the cavity is configured to capture and retain a sample aliquot and maintain the analyte sensor in continuous contact with the sample aliquot.
A device for detecting an analyte in a flowable material sample contained within a container wherein the flowable material sample is being agitated within the container, the device comprising:
- an analyte sensor coupled to an interior surface of the container, the analyte sensor having a detecting surface for detecting the analyte;
- and
- a porous material interposedly positioned between the detecting surface and the flowable material sample, wherein the flowable material sample flows through a porosity of the porous material to contact the detecting surface of the analyte sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.