System and method for monitoring parameters in containers

• US 7,775,083 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2006
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
• Original Assignee: GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corporation (General Electric Company)
• Inventors: Wang, Hua, Potyrailo, Radislav A., Pizzi, Vincent F.
• Primary Examiner(s): LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN
• Application Number:
  US11/536,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20080012577A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,419 Days
• Field of Search: 73/190.1, 73/530.1, 340/10.41
• US Class Current: 73/19.01
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 9/005 Solid-state data loggers
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/021 before and after chemical transformation of the material

Abstract

A system for measuring parameters in a container is disclosed. A system for measuring multiple parameters includes a container having a solution, at least one sensor in conjunction with a tag is in proximity to an impedance analyzer and a reader that constitute a measurement device. The at least one sensor is configured to determine at least one parameter of the solution. The tag is configured to provide a digital ID associated with the sensor, where the container is in proximity to the reader and an impedance analyzer. The impedance analyzer is configured to send and receive a given range of frequencies from the sensor, based on the parameter and calculate parameter changes based on the response.

Claims

1. A system for measuring multiple parameters comprising:

a container having a solution, at least one sensor in conjunction with a tag is in proximity to an impedance analyzer and a reader that constitute a measurement device;

wherein the at least one sensor is configured to determine at least two parameters of the solution;

the tag is configured to provide a digital ID associated with the at least one sensor, wherein the container is in proximity to the reader and an impedance analyzer; and

wherein the impedance analyzer is configured to receive a given range of frequencies from the at least one sensor based on the at least two parameters and calculate changes of the at least two parameters by using multivariate analyses on the real and imaginary parts of the complex impedance measured by the impedance analyzer as a function of the received frequencies.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the container is connected to a computer.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the measurement device is configured to read the at least two parameters from the at least one sensor.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the computer is configured to display the at least two parameters from the at least one sensor.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the container is a disposable container.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the container is a plastic container.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the solution is selected from the group consisting of fluid, blood and gas.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the solution is blood that comprises the following materials:

creatineine, urea, lactate dehydroensea and alkaline potassium.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the solution is gas or dissolved gas that comprises CO₂, O₂, NOx.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the solution includes a toxic industrial agent comprising Ammonia, Acetone cynanohydrin.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the solution contains prokaryotic cells.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the solution contains eukaryotic cells.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the solution is gas that comprises CO₂ and O₂.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein the solution is dissolved gas that comprises CO₂ and O₂.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the reader is a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor is a plurality of sensors in an array.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors in the array are a plurality of RFID sensors in an array.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least two parameters are comprised of a conductivity measurement, a pH level, a temperature, a blood relevant measurement, a biological measurement, an ionic measurement, a non-ionic measurement and a non-conductivity measurement.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor is covered in a sensor film, wherein the sensor film determines the at least two parameters of the solution.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the sensor film is selected from the group consisting of a polymer film, an organic film, an inorganic film, a biological composite film and a nano-composite film.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the sensor film is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogel film, a sol-gel film, a carbon black-polymer film, a carbon nanotube-polymer film, a metal nanoparticle-polymer film and an electrospun nanofibers, film.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the container is made of a polymeric material.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the container is made of a pre-sterilized polymeric material.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein the solution includes a biological material from the group comprising a bacteria, a recombinant protein, a virus, a vaccine or living tissue.

25. A system for measuring multiple parameters comprising:

a container having a solution and at least one sensor;

a measurement device in communication with the at least one sensor;

wherein the at least one sensor is configured to determine at least two parameters of the solution;

the measurement device is configured to receive the at least two parameters from the at least one sensor;

wherein the container is in proximity to the measurement device; and

the measurement device is configured to receive a given range of frequencies from the at least one sensor based on the at least two parameters to measure complex impedance and calculate parameter changes by using multivariate analyses on the real and imaginary parts of the complex impedance.

26. A system for measuring multiple parameters comprising:

a container having a solution and at least one sensor with a digital ID tag;

a measurement device in communication with the sensor with the tag;

wherein the at least one sensor is configured to determine at least two parameters of the solution;

the measurement device is configured to receive the at least two parameters from the at least one sensor and digital ID from the tag;

wherein the container is in proximity to measurement device; and

the measurement device is configured to receive a given range of frequencies from the at least one sensor based on the at least two parameters to measure complex impedance and calculate parameter changes by using multivariate analyses on the real and imaginary parts of the complex impedance.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the at least one sensor is passive.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the at least one sensor is semi active.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein the at least one sensor is active.

30. A system for measuring multiple parameters comprising:

a container having a solution and at least one sensor;

a measurement device in communication with the at least one sensor;

wherein the at least one sensor is configured to determine at least two parameters of the solution;

the measurement device is configured to receive the at least two parameters from the at least one sensor;

wherein the container is in proximity to the measurement device;

the measurement device is configured to receive a given range of frequencies from the at least one sensor based on the at least two parameters to measure complex impedance and calculate parameter changes by using multivariate analyses on the real and imaginary parts of the complex impedance; and

the measurement device sends a predetermined signal to a control device.