US Patent Issued to AMPHENOL THERMOMETRICS on Jan. 27 for "NDIR sensor, sampling method and system for breath analysis" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,415, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to AMPHENOL THERMOMETRICS INC. (Saint Marys, Pa.).

"NDIR sensor, sampling method and system for breath analysis" was invented by David Henderson (Goleta, Calif.), Andrian Kouznetsov (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and James Sciaini (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sensor has a light detector, a gas-tight support structure enclosing the light detector, a window positioned in said support structure, and a light source mounted to the support structure. A sample area is positioned in the support structure to receive a gas to be tested. The light source is aligned with the window, sa...