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Monitoring probes and methods of use

  • US 7,793,559 B2
  • Filed: 02/02/2007
  • Issued: 09/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sensing device of the type useable to obtain measurements from a plurality of positions of a substrate, the sensing device comprising:

  • a housing having a length and comprising a plurality of physically interconnected and electrically coupled modules, each module comprising an exterior surface defining an interior cavity of the module, wherein the joined exterior surfaces of the modules make up an exterior surface of the housing and define an interior cavity of the housing surrounded by the exterior housing surface, a plurality of apertures being defined in the exterior housing surface;

    a plurality of digital sensors disposed in the apertures at a plurality of positions along the length of the housing;

    a communication structure disposed in the interior cavity and in communication with each of the plurality of sensors; and

    a data collection or transmission device in communication with the communication structure.

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