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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2016
3m Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Phillip A. Bolea, Grant, MN (US);
Giuseppe M. Bommarito, Stillwater, MN (US);
Michele A. Waldner, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thomas J. Brace, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Stephen R. Alexander, Stillwater, MN (US);
Thomas E. Dewey, Jr., Hudson, WI (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a light detection device and a system that utilizes such device are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the light detection device can include a housing that includes a port disposed in a top surface, a receptacle disposed within the housing and adapted to receive a sample, a detector disposed within the housing along an optical axis and including an input surface having an active area, and a reflector disposed within the housing along the optical axis between the receptacle and the input surface of the detector. The reflector can include an input aperture disposed adjacent the receptacle, an output aperture disposed adjacent the input surface of the detector, and a reflective surface that extends between the input aperture and the output aperture.