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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2017
Hycor Biomedical, Llc, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Ronald Norman Diamond, Anaheim Hills, CA (US);
Steven Michael Gann, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Eric Darnell Hall, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Tae Ho Hwang, Brea, CA (US);
John Lewis Morton, Canyon Lake, CA (US);
Anatoly Moskalev, Irvine, CA (US);
Bruce Alan Sargeant, Orange, CA (US);
Dennis Edwin Rieger, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Marinela Gombosev, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Mark David Van Cleve, Long Beach, CA (US);
Hycor Biomedical, LLC, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods of optically analyzing fluid within a pipette are described herein. In an embodiment, an optical reader subassembly includes a pipette configured to aspirate and hold a fluid sample within its tip, a housing configured to receive at least the tip of the pipette through a reentrant seal so that the tip of the pipette is located in a light tight manner within an internal area, a light source positioned to be in proximity to the tip of the pipette when the tip of the pipette is received by the housing, the light source configured to project light through the tip of the pipette and onto the fluid sample held within the tip, and an optical sensor configured to take a reading of the fluid sample held within the tip of the pipette without any of the fluid sample being injected from the pipette.