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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2018
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Patrick Wissmann, Munich, DE;
Benjamin S. Pollack, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of imaging a sample container and/or a specimen in a sample container. The method includes enclosing at least a portion of a sample container with a moveable hood, the moveable hood having a wall with one or more openings extending between an interior of the moveable hood and an exterior of the moveable hood. Image data of the sample container is generated using one or more imaging devices positioned exterior to the moveable hood. The one or more imaging devices have a line of sight to the sample container through the one or more openings. Automated specimen testing systems, optical characterization apparatus, and methods of measuring characteristics of sample containers are provided, as are other aspects.