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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:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Patrick Wissmann, Munich, DE;

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

Ludwig Listl, Munich, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/13 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 15/04 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/13 (2013.01); G01N 15/042 (2013.01); G01N 21/253 (2013.01); G01N 21/255 (2013.01); G01N 21/88 (2013.01); G01N 35/00663 (2013.01); G01N 35/00613 (2013.01); G01N 2015/045 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8845 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0627 (2013.01);
Abstract

A quality check module for characterizing a specimen and/or a specimen container. The quality check module includes an imaging location within the quality check module configured to receive a specimen container containing a specimen, one or more cameras located at one or more viewpoints adjacent to the imaging location, and one or more spectrally-switchable light source including a light panel assembly located adjacent the imaging location and configured to provide lighting for the one or more cameras, the spectrally-switchable light source configured to be operatively switchable between multiple different spectra. Methods of imaging a specimen and/or specimen container and specimen, and specimen testing apparatus including a quality check module adapted to carry out the method are described herein, as are other aspects.


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