Aquatic environment water parameter testing systems
First Claim
1. An aquatic environment water parameter testing system comprising:
- a sample chamber portion for directly holding a liquid sample, the sample chamber portion including;
one or more walls forming a sample chamber; and
a chemical indicator element having one or more chemical indicators, the one or more chemical indicators designed and configured to indicate levels of a predetermined constituent within the liquid sample when the one or more chemical indicators is exposed to the liquid sample, the one or more chemical indicators adapted to indicate the levels by undergoing a detectable physical change; and
an electronics portion including;
a conductivity measurement element having a first portion configured to be in contact with the liquid sample when the liquid sample is in the sample chamber and to detect a conductivity value of the liquid sample;
an optical reader designed and configured to detect the physical change; and
a processing element, the conductivity measurement element connected to the processing element for providing the processing element with the conductivity value, the optical reader configured to provide information of the physical change of the chemical indicator element to the processing element, the processing element programmed to use the conductivity value to calibrate the information of the physical change to the conductivity of the liquid sample and to determine the levels of the predetermined constituent.
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Abstract
An aquatic environment water parameter testing system and related methods and chemical indicator elements. The aquatic environment water parameter testing system includes an electronics portion having an optical reader element and a sample chamber portion. Conductivity and/or temperature may be utilized to calibrate readings by the optical reader element. A system may optionally have a sample chamber portion having a chemical indicator element which may be removably connected. A chemical indicator element may include an information storage and communication element used, in part, to provide identification of a chemical indicator of the chemical indicator element.
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18 Claims
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1. An aquatic environment water parameter testing system comprising:
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a sample chamber portion for directly holding a liquid sample, the sample chamber portion including; one or more walls forming a sample chamber; and a chemical indicator element having one or more chemical indicators, the one or more chemical indicators designed and configured to indicate levels of a predetermined constituent within the liquid sample when the one or more chemical indicators is exposed to the liquid sample, the one or more chemical indicators adapted to indicate the levels by undergoing a detectable physical change; and an electronics portion including; a conductivity measurement element having a first portion configured to be in contact with the liquid sample when the liquid sample is in the sample chamber and to detect a conductivity value of the liquid sample; an optical reader designed and configured to detect the physical change; and a processing element, the conductivity measurement element connected to the processing element for providing the processing element with the conductivity value, the optical reader configured to provide information of the physical change of the chemical indicator element to the processing element, the processing element programmed to use the conductivity value to calibrate the information of the physical change to the conductivity of the liquid sample and to determine the levels of the predetermined constituent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An aquatic environment water parameter testing system comprising:
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a sample chamber portion for directly holding a liquid sample, the sample chamber portion including; one or more walls forming a sample chamber; and a chemical indicator element having one or more chemical indicators, the one or more chemical indicators designed and configured to indicate levels of a predetermined constituent within the liquid sample when the one or more chemical indicators is exposed to the liquid sample, the one or more chemical indicators adapted to indicate the levels by undergoing a detectable physical change, the chemical indicator element being removably connected to the aquatic water parameter testing system, the chemical indicator element including an information storage and communication element that includes the information of the identity of at least one of the one or more chemical indicators; and an electronics portion including; an information storage and communication reader designed and configured to read the information of the identity of at least one of the one or more chemical indicators from the information storage and communication element when the chemical indicator element is connected and to provide the information of the identity of at least one of the one or more chemical indicators to the processing element; an optical reader designed and configured to detect the physical change, the optical reader element designed and configured such that a first end of the optical reader element comes into contact with the liquid sample when the liquid sample is placed in the sample chamber; a conductivity measurement element having a first conductivity portion configured to be in contact with the liquid sample when the liquid sample is in the sample chamber and to detect a conductivity value of the liquid sample; a processing element, the conductivity measurement element connected to the processing element for providing the processing element with the conductivity value, the optical reader configured to provide information of the physical change of the chemical indicator element to the processing element, the processing element programmed to use the conductivity value and a first information stored in one or more memory elements of the aquatic environment water parameter testing system to calibrate the information of the physical change to the conductivity of the liquid sample and to determine the levels of the predetermined constituent.
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