Methods and apparati for nondestructive detection of undissolved particles in a fluid

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11803983
APP PUB NO 20230038654A1
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17964669

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An apparatus for nondestructive detection of transparent or reflective objects in a vessel includes an imager configured to acquire data that represent light reflected from spatial locations in the vessel as a function of time, a memory operably coupled to the imager and configured to store the data, and a processor operably coupled to the memory and configured to detect the objects based on the data by (i) identifying a respective maximum amount of reflected light, over time, for each location in the spatial locations based on the data representing light reflected from the spatial locations as a function of time, and (ii) determining a presence or absence of the objects in the vessel based on the number of spatial locations whose respective maximum amount of reflected light, over time, exceeds a predetermined value.

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  • AMGEN INC.

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Freund, Erwin Camarillo, US 16 165
Milne, Graham F Ventura, US 22 161
Smith, Ryan L San Francisco, US 50 446

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