Patent ID: 6580506
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
An optic fiber probe for sampling fluids in a sample vessel, the probe comprising:an elongated body portion insertable in the sample vessel, the elongated body portion defining a longitudinal axis of the probe; a first optic fiber supported internal to a first support member disposed on a distal end portion of the elongated body portion, a distal end of the first optic fiber defining a first optic surface at a distal end of the first support member; a second optic fiber supported internal to a second support member disposed on the distal end portion of the elongated body portion, a distal end of the second optic fiber defining a second optic surface at a distal end of the second support member; Each of said first optic fiber and said second optic fiber comprising a curved portion on said distal end portion of the elongated body portion wherein a first optic axis of the first optic fiber at the first optic surface and a second optic axis of the second optic fiber at the second optic surface are generally coincident and define a longitudinal axis of a sample gap at a distal end portion of the probe between the first optic surface and the second optic surface for direct electromagnetic wave communication between the first optic surface and the second optic surface; the longitudinal axis of the sample gap being generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the probe.