Method for producing a sensor cap with a membrane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11796453-B2
Application number	US-202017060667-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 1, 2020
Priority date	Jun 10, 2016
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a sensor cap with at least one main body and a membrane for an optochemical or electrochemical sensor for determining and/or monitoring the concentration of an analyte in a measuring medium, a corresponding sensor cap, and a corresponding sensor. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a permeable membrane is provided with a surface for contacting the measuring medium, as well as a main body with at least one sector for connecting to the membrane. At least part of the membrane and main body are welded, wherein the membrane is at least partially applied to the at least one sector of the main body and a connection between the main body and membrane is sealed against the measuring medium.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sensor cap for an electrochemical or optochemical sensor, the sensor cap comprising:
a membrane that is permeable to a desired measuring medium and/or to at least one analyte in the measuring medium, the membrane including a surface for contacting the measuring medium; and
a main body with at least one sector structured for connecting to the membrane, wherein the membrane is arranged on a side of the sensor body facing the measuring medium,
wherein the membrane and the main body are at least partially ultrasonically welded together such that the membrane is at least partially joined to the at least one sector of the main body, and wherein the ultrasonic weld between the main body and the membrane is sealed against the measuring medium;
wherein the main body and the membrane are at least partially made of the same material.

2. The sensor cap of claim 1 , wherein the main body is substantially cylindrical, cuboid, tapered, frustoconical, conical, hemispherical, angled-cylindrical, concave or convex, at least in part.

3. The sensor cap of claim 1 , wherein the membrane is at least partially flat, conical, pyramidal or ellipsoid.

4. The sensor cap of claim 1 , wherein at least an edge region of the membrane and/or at least a part of the sector of the main body is substantially flat, and/or wherein at least the edge region of the membrane and/or the part of the sector of the main body have, at least partially, a structured surface.

5. The sensor cap of claim 1 , wherein a line parallel to the sector of the main body and a longitudinal axis of the main body form an angle to each other that is other than 90°.

Assignees

• Endress Hauser Conducta Gmbh Co Kg

Inventors

• Hennings Erik
• Vettermann Jens
• Löbbert Andreas

Classifications

• G01N21/01 Primary

  Arrangements or apparatus for facilitating the optical investigation · CPC title

• G01N27/26

  by investigating electrochemical variables; by using electrolysis or electrophoresis · CPC title

• G01N27/31

  Half-cells with permeable membranes, e.g. semi-porous or perm-selective membranes · CPC title

• G01N21/75 Primary

  Systems in which material is subjected to a chemical reaction, the progress or the result of the reaction being investigated (systems in which material is burnt in a flame or plasma G01N21/72, G01N21/73) · CPC title

• G01N21/7703 Primary

  using reagent-clad optical fibres or optical waveguides (using measurement of total internal reflection or attenuated total reflection G01N21/552; optical fibres or waveguides per se G02B) · CPC title