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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2017
Applicant:

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Wissmann, Munich, DE;

Benjamin S. Pollack, Jersey City, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 15/05 (2006.01); G01N 21/90 (2006.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/31 (2013.01); G01N 15/05 (2013.01); G01N 21/253 (2013.01); G01N 21/90 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0065 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00752 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0627 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of imaging a specimen container and/or specimen. The method includes providing a specimen container containing a specimen at an imaging location, providing one or more cameras configured to capture images at the imaging location, providing one or more light sources adjacent to the imaging location, illuminating the imaging location with the one or more light sources, and capturing multiple images including: specimen images of the image location at multiple different exposures, with the specimen container and specimen being present at the image location. Quality check modules and specimen testing apparatus including a quality check module are described herein, as are other aspects.


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