US 12,210,008 B2
Flexible wafer total dissolved solids probe and methods of use thereof
Blake Brewer, Hanover Park, IL (US)
Assigned to Pentair Residential Filtration, LLC, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by Pentair Residential Filtration, LLC, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/657,916.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/200,951, filed on Apr. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0317106 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 33/18 (2006.01); G01K 7/22 (2006.01); G01N 27/07 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/1886 (2013.01) [G01K 7/22 (2013.01); G01N 27/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A probe comprising:
a flexible body including:
a top surface and a bottom surface;
a first aperture disposed within the top surface;
an adhesive disposed on the bottom surface; and
a thermistor disposed within the flexible body and extending at least partially into the first aperture,
wherein the probe is adapted to measure a level of total dissolved solids in an aquatic environment.