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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2020
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Thomas J. Brace, Star Prairie, WI (US);
Phillip A. Bolea, Grant, MN (US);
Giuseppe M. Bommarito, Stillwater, MN (US);
Michele A. Waldner, Hudson, WI (US);
Stephen R. Alexander, Stillwater, MN (US);
Fusu Thao, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Kathleen M. Stenersen, St. Paul, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a light detection device and a method of using the device are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the light detection device can include a housing that extends along a housing axis between top and bottom surfaces. The device can also include a port that is adapted to receive a sample, and a door connected to the housing. The door can include an actuator portion adapted to selectively move the door between a closed position and an open position, and a cover portion connected to the actuator portion and adapted to close the port when the door is in the closed position and open the port when the door is in the open position to allow external access to the port.