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UV fluorometric sensor and method for using the same

  • US 8,084,756 B2
  • Filed: 07/01/2011
  • Issued: 12/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sensor, comprising:

  • a sensor head having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end defined by a first planar surface and a second surface tilted substantially 45 degrees away from the first planar surface and toward the proximal end of the sensor head, the sensor head comprising;

    a light source chamber including an ultraviolet (UV) light source that emits a first UV wavelength;

    a light source window positioned in the second tilted surface that transmits the first UV wavelength into an analytical area containing a sample having an unknown concentration of a chemical that exhibits fluorescent characteristics;

    a detector window positioned in the second tilted surface; and

    a detector chamber including a UV detector that detects fluorescence emissions of the sample at a second UV wavelength transmitted through the detector window; and

    a controller that calculates the concentration of the chemical in the sample based on the detected fluorescence emission.

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