Mobile micro-lab for chemical analysis of fluids
AssigneeYes Way Intellectual Holdings, LLC
InventorKevin M. Ferguson
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Abstract
A micro-lab includes one or more electrophoresis devices each optically coupled to respective spectrometers and electronic signal processing, analysis and control, with fluids transported via a system of valves, tubes and pumps. The spectrograms are captured by a respective digital cameras, and chemical characteristics including molecular mobility, particle (molecular) charge, molecular weight, particle (molecular) pH, particle (molecular) dielectric, particle (molecular) conductivity, Raman spectrum of each chemical species, IR spectrum of particle (molecular) is determined, and principal component analysis is performed to identify and quantify chemical constituents.
Claims2
A method of transporting substances in a fluid through a device, the method comprising:
- generating a fluid pressure gradient in the fluid using one or more pumps in the device;
- controllably steering the flow of solution by operating one or more values that allow fluid to pass when the one or more valves are not closed and that prevent the fluid from passing when the one or more valves are closed;
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- moving charged particles in solution by means of electrophoresis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.