Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optochemical sensor unit and a method for the qualitative and/or quantitative determination of an analyte in a measuring medium with the sensor unit
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Application No.: US17093782Application Date: 2020-11-10
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Publication No.: US11644423B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Andreas Löbbert
- Applicant: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
- Applicant Address: DE Gerlingen
- Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
- Current Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Gerlingen
- Agency: Endress+Hauser (USA) Holding, Inc.
- Agent Christopher R. Powers
- Main IPC: G01N21/77
- IPC: G01N21/77 ; G01N21/64 ; G02B6/12

Abstract:
An optochemical sensor unit including: an optical waveguide; a transmitting unit for emitting a first transmission signal for exciting a luminophore; a receiving unit for receiving a received signal comprising a signal component emitted by the excited luminophore; a measuring chamber for receiving a fluid, wherein the fluid includes magnetic microspheres; a membrane arranged between the measuring chamber and a measuring medium for exchanging an analyte between the measuring medium and the fluid in the measuring chamber, wherein the measuring diaphragm is impermeable to the magnetic microspheres; and an electromagnet for attracting magnetic microspheres to a sensor membrane with a fluid-contacting surface and/or to a fluid-contacting surface of the optical waveguide, or to a surface of a transparent substrate layer of the optical sensor unit that is connected to the optical waveguide.
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