Phased VII micro fluid analyzer having a modular structure
First Claim
1. A modular fluid analyzer system comprising:
- a substrate;
a first module, having a first input port and a first output port, situated on the substrate; and
a second module, having a second input port and a second output port, situated on the substrate; and
wherein the first output port is coupled to the second input port.
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Abstract
A structure being a modular system generally having a concentrator, separator, various detectors and a pump. The concentrator may have an array of phased heaters that are turned on at different times relative to each other in a fluid stream channel. The structure may relate to such a phased heater array structure, and more particularly to application of it relative to a sensor, analyzer or chromatograph for the identification and quantification of fluid components. The structure may be a miniaturized fluid micro system. The changeability of the modules of the system may be a plus for development, manufacturing, usage, repair and modification. It may also be energy-efficient, be battery-powered, and usable as a portable instrument.
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41 Claims
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1. A modular fluid analyzer system comprising:
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a substrate;
a first module, having a first input port and a first output port, situated on the substrate; and
a second module, having a second input port and a second output port, situated on the substrate; and
wherein the first output port is coupled to the second input port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17)
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15. A modular fluid analyzer system comprising:
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a concentrator module;
a separator module having a connection to the concentrator module;
an instrumentation module having a connection to the separator module; and
a pump module having a connection to the instrumentation module; and
wherein;
the modules are situated on a common layer; and
the connections are between fluid channels of the modules. - View Dependent Claims (16, 18, 22)
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- 19. The system of 17, wherein the modules are aligned with each other by guide rails situated on the common layer.
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23. A method of modularizing a micro fluid analyzer, comprising:
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providing a common layer;
providing a concentrator module, a separator module, and a pump module;
placing guide rails on the common layer for placement and alignment of modules; and
placing the modules on the common layer within the guide rails; and
wherein fluid tubes of each module are aligned with tubes of other modules adjacent to the module due to the guide rails. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of modularizing a fluid analyzer, comprising:
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providing a common layer;
providing a concentrator module, a separator module and a pump module wherein the modules have input and output fluid channels;
placing module spacers on the common layer;
fabricating a plurality of channels in the common layer; and
placing the modules on the common layer which are aligned by the module spacers so that the input and output channels of the modules align with the plurality of channels in the common layer so that the input and output channels are coupled to each other. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. Means for analyzing fluid, comprising:
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means for concentrating in a first module;
means for separating in a second module having input and output fluid ports;
means for pumping in a third module having input and output ports;
means for detecting in a fourth module having input and output ports;
means for structurally supporting the first, second, third and fourth modules; and
means for aligning the modules relative to one another to interconnect input and output ports of the respective modules. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. A MEMS modular phased micro fluid analyzer system comprising:
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a substrate;
a first module, comprising a concentrator having phased heaters, situated on the substrate;
a second module, comprising a separator, situated on the substrate;
a third module, comprising a pump, situated on the substrate; and
a fourth module, comprising detection instrumentation, situated on the substrate; and
wherein the substrate, first module, second module, third module, and fourth module are MEMS structures. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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