Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for hand-held NQR-based in-field screening of substances
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Application No.: US17389601Application Date: 2021-07-30
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Publication No.: US11549897B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Swarup Bhunia , Naren Vikram Raj Masna , Soumyajit Mandal , David Joseph Ariando
- Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Gainesville
- Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Current Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Gainesville
- Agency: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP
- Main IPC: G01N24/08
- IPC: G01N24/08 ; G01R33/44

Abstract:
An exemplary integrated nuclear quadrupole resonance-based detection system comprises a front-end device having a hand-held form factor, wherein the front-end device is configured to scan a sample in or near a sample coil using inbuild electronics and acquire a nuclear quadrupole resonance measurement. The system further includes a swappable sample coil that is attached to an opening at a face of the front-end device and is tuned to a resonant frequency of the sample; and a swappable impedance matching network that is attached to the opening at the face of the front-end device and is configured to tune the resonant frequency of the sample coil. The inbuild electronics comprises a wireless transfer module that is configured to communicate the acquired nuclear quadrupole resonance measurement with a back-end device of the integrated nuclear quadrupole resonance-based detection system. Other systems and methods are also provided.
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