Patents by Inventor Jeffrey F. Aust

Jeffrey F. Aust has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for analyzing fluids
    Patent number: 6707556
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the concentration of a constituent in a fluid by directing a beam of light into the fluid and sensing the intensity of components of the light emerging from the fluid at various wavelengths. The light emerging from the fluid can be light that has been attenuated by absorption or induced by fluorescent radiation. The effect of scattering on the light is minimized by normalizing the component intensities, which are then applied to an algorithm incorporating weighting factors that weighs the influence that the intensity at each wavelength has on the determination of the concentration of the constituent for which the algorithm was developed. The algorithm is developed by a regression analysis based upon a plurality of known mixtures containing various concentrations of the constituent of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignees: APS Technology, Inc., Old Dominion University Research Foundation
    Inventors: William Edward Turner, Denis P. Biglin, Jr., John B. Cooper, Jeffrey F. Aust
  • Apparatus and method for analyzing fluids
    Publication number: 20030056581
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the concentration of a constituent in a fluid by directing a beam of light into the fluid and sensing the intensity of components of the light emerging from the fluid at various wavelengths. The light emerging from the fluid can be light that has been attenuated by absorption or induced by fluorescent radiation. The effect of scattering on the light is minimized by normalizing the component intensities, which are then applied to an algorithm incorporating weighting factors that weighs the influence that the intensity at each wavelength has on the determination of the concentration of the constituent for which the algorithm was developed. The algorithm is developed by a regression analysis based upon a plurality of known mixtures containing various concentrations of the constituent of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: William Edward Turner, Denis P. Biglin, John B. Cooper, Jeffrey F. Aust
  • Apparatus and method for analyzing fluids
    Patent number: 6507401
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the concentration of a constituent in a fluid by directing a beam of light into the fluid and sensing the intensity of components of the light emerging from the fluid at various wavelengths. The light emerging from the fluid can be light that has been attenuated by absorption or induced by fluorescent radiation. The effect of scattering on the light is minimized by normalizing the component intensities, which are then applied to an algorithm incorporating weighting factors that weighs the influence that the intensity at each wavelength has on the determination of the concentration of the constituent for which the algorithm was developed. The algorithm is developed by a regression analysis based upon a plurality of known mixtures containing various concentrations of the constituent of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignees: APS Technology, Inc., Old Dominion University Research Foundation
    Inventors: William Edward Turner, Denis P. Biglin, Jr., John B. Cooper, Jeffrey F. Aust