Patent ID: 9568453
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. A system for evaluating the interior state of one or more associated tubes, comprising: a processing unit; a memory element communicatively coupled to the processing unit; a signal injector interfacing with the processing unit; a signal detector interfacing with the processing unit; and an interface element that is coupled to the signal injector and the signal detector and is configured to interface with one tube, at a time, of a bundle of tubes under test; wherein the processing unit is configured to at least partially control the signal injector to cause the injection of a signal into the interior of a current-measured tube of the associated tubes through the interface element; wherein the signal detector is configured to detect a signal reflected back out of the current-measured tube through the interface element and provide information regarding the reflected signal to the processing unit; and wherein the processing unit is further configured to process the information regarding the reflected signal received from each one of a plurality of measured tubes of the associated tubes, to deduce one or more parameters regarding the current interior state of the associated tubes and to store the deduced one or more parameters in the memory element.