Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-6-155-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-6-155-2017
Feature article
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13 Apr 2017
Feature article |  | 13 Apr 2017

Purity monitoring in medical gas supply lines with quantum cascade laser technology

Henrik Zimmermann, Mathias Wiese, Luigi Fiorani, and Alessandro Ragnoni

Abstract. Because of their direct impact on patients, medical supply lines are under strict regulations and have to be monitored in terms of purity on a regular basis. State-of-the-art measurement solutions do not allow for continuous bedside monitoring. The aim of the presented project is to provide a compact multispecies monitoring system based on the latest quantum cascade laser technologies.

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Because of their direct impact on patients, medical supply lines are under strict regulations and have to be monitored in terms of purity on a regular basis. State-of-the-art measurement solutions do not allow for continuous bedside monitoring. The aim of the presented work is to provide a compact multispecies monitoring system based on the latest quantum cascade laser technologies allowing for the continuous bedside monitoring of medical gases.