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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2020
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Aydogan Ozcan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Aniruddha Ray, Toledo, OH (US);
Hyouarm Joung, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Derek Tseng, Buena Park, CA (US);
Isidro B. Salusky, Los Angeles, CA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable colorimetric assay system includes an opto-mechanical reader configured to be detachably mounted to a mobile phone having a camera or other camera-containing portable electronic device. The opto-mechanical reader includes one or more light sources configured to illuminate a test sample holder and control sample holder disposed in the opto-mechanical reader along an optical path aligned with a camera of the mobile phone or other camera-containing portable electronic device. One or more serum separation membranes are disposed in the opto-mechanical reader and define a sample receiving pad configured to receive a blood sample. A moveable serum collection membrane is membrane is also disposed in the reader and is configured to contact the sample receiving pad in a first position and moveable to a second position where the serum collection membrane is disposed inside the test sample holder.