Patent ID: 11957447
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for monitoring stratified fluids comprising:
a single light irradiation part that emits light, a single photo detector (PD) part comprising an active sensing area, and an analogue-to-digital conversion circuitry (DAQ Part),
wherein the light irradiation part and PD are aligned such that upon illumination the light is propagated through a stratified fluid between the irradiation part and PD and received as forward scattered light on the active sensing area of the PD part to generate an electrical signal;
wherein changes in the pattern of forward scattered light received on the active sensing area and electrical signal generated therefrom correspond with changes comprising the amplitude and/or frequency of motion of and/or in the stratified fluid;
wherein the electrical signal is received by the DAQ part that converts the electrical signal to a digital signal, and optionally records the digital signal.