PORTABLE WATER QUALITY INSTRUMENT
First Claim
1. A hand-held microfluidic testing device comprising:
- a. a housing, wherein said housing comprises a cartridge receiving port;
b. a cartridge for input to said cartridge receiving port, wherein said cartridge comprises a sample input and a channel, wherein said channel comprises a mixture of Raman-scattering nanoparticles and a calibration solution, wherein said calibration solution comprises chemical compounds capable of interacting with a sample under test input to said cartridge and said Raman-scattering nanoparticles; and
c. an optical detection system in said housing, wherein said optical detection system is capable of providing an illuminated electric field, wherein said illuminating electric field is capable of being used for Raman spectroscopy with said Raman-scattering nanoparticles and said calibration solution to analyze said sample under test input to said cartridge.
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Abstract
A hand-held microfluidic testing device is provided that includes a housing having a cartridge receiving port, a cartridge for input to the cartridge receiving port having a sample input and a channel, where the channel includes a mixture of Raman-scattering nanoparticles and a calibration solution, where the calibration solution includes chemical compounds capable of interacting with a sample under test input to the cartridge and the Raman-scattering nanoparticles, and an optical detection system in the housing, where the optical detection system is capable of providing an illuminated electric field, where the illuminating electric field is capable of being used for Raman spectroscopy with the Raman-scattering nanoparticles and the calibration solution to analyze the sample under test input to the cartridge.
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4 Claims
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1. A hand-held microfluidic testing device comprising:
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a. a housing, wherein said housing comprises a cartridge receiving port; b. a cartridge for input to said cartridge receiving port, wherein said cartridge comprises a sample input and a channel, wherein said channel comprises a mixture of Raman-scattering nanoparticles and a calibration solution, wherein said calibration solution comprises chemical compounds capable of interacting with a sample under test input to said cartridge and said Raman-scattering nanoparticles; and c. an optical detection system in said housing, wherein said optical detection system is capable of providing an illuminated electric field, wherein said illuminating electric field is capable of being used for Raman spectroscopy with said Raman-scattering nanoparticles and said calibration solution to analyze said sample under test input to said cartridge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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