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Optical Monitoring System With Molecular Filters, Robert A. Lodder, John Carberry
Optical Monitoring System With Molecular Filters, Robert A. Lodder, John Carberry
Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents
An optical monitoring system for determining the constituents of a sample or specimen. An absorption spectrum is obtained from a sample and is passed through one or more filters having a specified absorption spectrum defined by a single atom or a compound. If the filter's absorption spectrum is included in the sample's absorption spectrum, then the sample contains that atom or compound. The apparatus includes a switching assembly that sequentially places one or more filters into the light path to determine if the subject atom or compound is contained in the sample.