Patent ID: 8702959
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: B33Y,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of analyzing liquid, comprising; submerging in the liquid a system which comprises: an electrochemical unit having an electrochemical microchamber for receiving a sample of the liquid and electrochemically analyzing said sample, said microchamber comprising a working electrode, a reference electrode and a counter electrode on a base of said microchamber, wherein a height of said working electrode above said base is at least 10 times higher than a height of any of said reference and said counter electrodes; and a microfluidic unit being attached to said electrochemical unit and having microchannels constituted for sampling said sample in situ and feeding said sample to said electrochemical microchamber; and analyzing signals produced by said electrochemical unit.