Patent ID: 9599559
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G01J,G01N,G02B

Claim:
1. A handheld internal reflection apparatus, comprising: a handheld enclosure; an internally reflective element disposed in the handheld enclosure configured to provide a contact surface external to the handheld enclosure; an optical assembly contained within the handheld enclosure, the optical assembly comprising a radiation source and a radiation detector, the source being configured to direct radiation towards the contact surface and the detector being configured to detect the source radiation optically interacting with the contact surface; a contact arm; a motorized force actuator coupled to the contact arm; a timer; and a processor contained within the handheld enclosure and electronically coupled to the timer, the motorized force actuator, the radiation source, and the radiation detector; wherein after a time interval initiated by a user and measured by the timer the processor is configured to direct the motorized force actuator to apply a contact force to a suspicious material disposed between the contact arm and the contact surface, wherein after the controlled contact force is met, the electronic processor analyzes the suspicious material information received by the radiation detector.