Calibration vial and technique for calibrating a fiber optic oxygen sensing needle
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A calibration tool and method of using the tool to calibrate a fiber optic needle oxygen sensor. The tool includes at least a vial sealingly covered by a septa and containing a supply of particulate oxygen getter within the chamber of the vial. The vial has an open top and is constructed from an oxygen impermeable material. The septa is resealing, needle-penetrable and oxygen impermeable. The supply of particulate oxygen getter is retained within an oxygen permeable sachet.
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MOCON INC | 7500 MENDELSSOHN AVENUE NORTH BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428 |
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Eastman, John | Rogers, US | 14 | 80 |
# of filed Patents : 14 Total Citations : 80 |
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