On-site method of providing analysis of potency and purity of pharmaceutical compounds
First Claim
1. A method of confirming the concentration or purity of a sample of a liquid having a desired concentration or purity, comprising the steps of:
- introducing a sample of a liquid having a desired concentration or purity into a liquid sample channel of a hand-held analytical instrument, said hand-held analytical apparatus comprising apparatus for performing a spectral analysis of the sample in at least two liquid sample channels each having a different path length of about 0.025 mm to at least about 1.0 cm;
performing a spectral analysis of sample liquid in said sample channel with said apparatus for performing a spectral analysis;
obtaining data regarding the spectral analysis of the sample;
comparing the data regarding the spectral analysis of the sample having a desired concentration or purity to spectral analyses of samples having a predetermined concentration or purity stored in a retrievable form;
mathematically calculating a concentration or purity of the sample having desired concentration or purity from the comparison; and
confirming whether or not the determined concentration and purity of the sample having a desired concentration and purity is a desired concentration and purity.
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Abstract
A computer facilitated method of requesting a spectral analysis of a sample having an unknown concentration or purity, performing an energy absorption analysis of the sample to obtain spectral data regarding the analysis and comparing the spectral data to a stored spectral data regarding the analyses of the samples having a predetermined concentration and purity to determine the concentration or purity of the sample having an unknown concentration or purity. The spectral analysis is performed on site where the sample is prepared or administered using a portable analytical apparatus and provides a real time report of the concentration or purity of the sample. The apparatus requires only a small sample size.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of confirming the concentration or purity of a sample of a liquid having a desired concentration or purity, comprising the steps of:
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introducing a sample of a liquid having a desired concentration or purity into a liquid sample channel of a hand-held analytical instrument, said hand-held analytical apparatus comprising apparatus for performing a spectral analysis of the sample in at least two liquid sample channels each having a different path length of about 0.025 mm to at least about 1.0 cm; performing a spectral analysis of sample liquid in said sample channel with said apparatus for performing a spectral analysis; obtaining data regarding the spectral analysis of the sample; comparing the data regarding the spectral analysis of the sample having a desired concentration or purity to spectral analyses of samples having a predetermined concentration or purity stored in a retrievable form; mathematically calculating a concentration or purity of the sample having desired concentration or purity from the comparison; and confirming whether or not the determined concentration and purity of the sample having a desired concentration and purity is a desired concentration and purity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of confirming the concentration or purity of a liquid sample having a desired concentration or purity, comprising the steps of:
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performing a spectral analysis of a liquid sample having a predetermined concentration or purity; obtaining data regarding the spectral analysis of the sample having a predetermined concentration or purity; storing the obtained spectral data regarding the analysis of the sample having a predetermined concentration or purity in a retrievable form; introducing a sample of a liquid compound having a desired concentration or purity into a liquid sample channel of a sample cell of a portable analytical instrument, said sample cell comprising at least two different liquid sample channels, each sample channel each comprising a different a path length of between about 0.01 mm to about at least 1.0 cm; performing a spectral analysis of the sample having a desired concentration or purity in the liquid sample channel of the analytical instrument; obtaining data regarding the spectral analysis of the sample having a desired concentration or purity; comparing the data regarding the spectral analysis of the sample having a desired concentration or purity to the data regarding the spectral analysis of the sample having a predetermined concentration or purity which was stored in a retrievable form; and determining a concentration or purity of the sample having a desired concentration or purity through the comparison to confirm the desired concentration or purity thereof. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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