Device for detecting a leak in a sealed enclosure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10718684-B2
Application number	US-201616063262-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2016
Priority date	Dec 17, 2015
Publication date	Jul 21, 2020
Grant date	Jul 21, 2020

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for detecting a leak in a sealed enclosure, comprising an organic light-emitting diode intended to be placed inside the enclosure; and a device for measuring a value representative of at least one of the following parameters: a) the luminous efficacy of the diode; and b) the impedance of the diode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for detecting a leak in a sealed enclosure, comprising:
an organic light-emitting diode intended to be placed within the enclosure;
a device for measuring a quantity representative of at least one of the following parameters:
a) the luminous efficiency of the diode; and
b) the impedance of the diode; and
a processing circuit capable of comparing said quantity to one or a plurality of reference values, and of deducing therefrom the possible presence of oxygen or humidity by abnormal proportions within the enclosure,
wherein the processing circuit is capable of controlling an alarm when it detects a presence of oxygen or of humidity by abnormal proportions within the enclosure.

2. The detection device of claim 1 , wherein the measurement device comprises a photodetector arranged opposite the organic light-emitting diode.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the photodetector is made up of an inorganic semiconductor material.

4. A medical device comprising a sealed biocompatible enclosure and the device of claim 1 for detecting a leak in the sealed enclosure.

5. The medical device of claim 4 , wherein the sealed enclosure is transparent, and contains a source of optical stimulation of the brain.

6. The medical device of claim 5 , wherein the sealed enclosure comprises a transparent tube.

7. The medical device of claim 6 , wherein the tube is hermetically closed at its ends by caps.

8. The device of claim 7 , comprising electric connection elements crossing at least one of the caps and electrically coupling to the outside of the enclosure components located inside of the tube.

Assignees

• Commissariat Energie Atomique
• Commissariat A Lenergie Atomique Aux Energies Alternatives

Inventors

• Chabrol Claude
• Laurent Jean-Yves
• Routin Julien

Classifications

• H10W76/48

  Fillings including materials for absorbing or reacting with moisture or other undesired substances · CPC title

• A61N5/0622

  Optical stimulation for exciting neural tissue · CPC title

• G01M3/047 Primary

  with photo-electrical detection means, e.g. using optical fibres · CPC title

• A61N2005/0653

  Organic light emitting diodes · CPC title

• A61N5/0601

  Apparatus for use inside the body · CPC title