Patent ID: 11959923
Assignee: CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LIMITED
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 12:
13. A flow apparatus for detecting a component in a mixture, the apparatus comprising:
a separation channel;
a first inlet configured to introduce a first fluid comprising a first component into the separation channel;
a second inlet configured to introduce a second fluid comprising a second component into the separation channel;
wherein the separation channel is configured to permit lateral movement of the first and second components between the first and second fluids which are in contact in the separation channel;
a downstream flow separator in fluid communication with the separation channel, wherein the flow separator is configured to divert a part of the first fluid, a part of the second fluid, or parts of the first fluid and the second fluid, from the separation channel, and
a detection zone comprising:
a detection channel provided downstream of and in fluid communication with the flow separator and configured to receive one or more of diverted flows from the flow separator; and, a label channel configured to label each of the first and/or second components in one or more of the diverted flows from the flow separator; and
an observation zone configured to record an analytical signal indicative of the quantity and/or the properties of each of the first and/or second components in one or more of the diverted parts.