# US 2024/0201082 A1 · Optical analysis device and combined analysis device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0201082 A1 - Document ID: US20240201082A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/512,558 - Filed: 2023-11-17 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-16 - Assignees: HORIBA Advanced Techno, Co., Ltd. - Applicants: HORIBA Advanced Techno, Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroshi SAITO; Tatsuya NAKAHARA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240201082A1 ## CPC - G01N 21/3577: for analysing liquids, e.g. polluted water - G01N 21/31: Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry {(G01N21/72 takes precedence)} - G01N 21/33: using ultraviolet light (G01N21/39 takes precedence) - G01N 27/06: of a liquid (involving electrolysis G01N27/26) - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) ## Abstract An optical analysis device that analyzes a sample by irradiating an optical cell containing the sample with light, and detecting light transmitted through the optical cell, the optical analysis device including: a first light source and a second light source each emitting light in a spectrum different from a spectrum of another; an optical element that reflects a part and transmits another part of incident light that has a first face on which the light from the first light source becomes incident and a second face on which the light from the second light source becomes incident; a first light output port provided on a light path of light emitted from the first light source and reflected on the first face, and light emitted from the second light source and transmitted through the second face; and a second light output port provided on a light path of light emitted from the first light source and transmitted through the first face. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An optical analysis device that analyzes a sample by irradiating an optical cell containing the sample with light, and detecting light transmitted through the optical cell, the optical analysis device comprising: a first light source and a second light source each emitting light in a spectrum different from a spectrum of another; an optical element that reflects a part and transmits another part of incident light that has a first face on which the light from the first light source becomes incident and a second face on which the light from the second light source becomes incident; a first light output port provided on a light path of light emitted from the first light source and reflected on the first face, and light emitted from the second light source and transmitted through the second face; and a second light output port provided on a light path of light emitted from the first light source and transmitted through the first face. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The optical analysis device according to claim 1, wherein one of the first light source and the second light source emits light at a higher intensity than an intensity of light from the other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The optical analysis device according to claim 1, wherein one of the first light source and the second light source includes a halogen lamp as a light source, and the other includes a deuterium lamp as a light source. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The optical analysis device according to claim 3, wherein one of the first light source and the second light source emits light in a visible-light to infrared wavelength range, and the other emits light in an ultraviolet wavelength range. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The optical analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the optical element has a reflectance higher than a transmittance, or a transmittance higher than a reflectance, in wavelength ranges of the light emitted from the first light source and the second light source. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The optical analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the optical element is implemented as a non-coated quartz plate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The optical analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the first light output port and the second light output port are provided facing substantially an identical direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The optical analysis device according to claim 1, further comprising: a first optical cell and a second optical cell irradiated with light output from the first light output port and light output from the second light output port, respectively; and a first photodetector and a second photodetector that detect light transmitted through the first optical cell and the light transmitted through the second optical cell, respectively, and each of which has a sensitive wavelength range different from a sensitive wavelength range of another. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A combined analysis device that measures a concentration of a measurement target component in a sample, the combined analysis device comprising: an optical analysis device according to claim 1; a conductivity meter that measures an electrical conductivity of the sample, or a pH meter that measures pH of the sample; and a concentration calculation unit that calculates the concentration of the measurement target component by performing a multivariate analysis that uses an optical absorption spectrum of the sample, the optical absorption spectrum being measured by the optical analysis device, and the electrical conductivity or pH of the sample, the electrical conductivity or the pH being measured by the conductivity meter or the pH meter, as explanatory variables.