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PORTABLE WATER QUALITY INSTRUMENT

  • US 20140186939A1
  • Filed: 03/05/2014
  • Published: 07/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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