Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microorganism number measurement device
- Patent Title (中): 微生物数量测量装置
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Application No.: US13521139Application Date: 2011-10-14
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Publication No.: US08717045B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Hidenori Morita
- Applicant: Hidenori Morita
- Applicant Address: JP Ehime
- Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Ehime
- Agency: RatnerPrestia
- Priority: JP2010-235344 20101020; JP2010-235345 20101020
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/005756 WO 20111014
- International Announcement: WO2012/053169 WO 20120426
- Main IPC: G01R27/08
- IPC: G01R27/08

Abstract:
A microorganism number-measuring apparatus includes: measurement container including measurement liquid; rotary driver; bacteria-collection signal generator; measurement signal generator; output amplifier for amplifying outputs of signal generators and; I/V amplifier; impedance measuring unit for measuring impedance of liquid; microorganism number-computing unit for computing the number of microorganisms present in liquid; solution conductivity-computing unit for computing conductivity of liquid; and warm-up section for warming up at least one of I/V amplifier and output amplifier. Warm-up section computes a warm-up signal based on the conductivity computed by conductivity-computing unit. Warm-up section computes the warm-up signal having a current the same in magnitude as that flowing through measurement electrode by using the measured solution conductivity, and applies the signal to at least one of I/V amplifier and output amplifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120280701A1 MICROORGANISM NUMBER MEASUREMENT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-11-08
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