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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
May. 29, 2020
Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Columbus, OH (US);
Vishwanath Subramaniam, Toronto, CA;
Mark Drew, Upper Arlington, OH (US);
Jonathan Kadowaki, Chardon, OH (US);
Travis Jones, Columbus, OH (US);
Joseph West, Richwood, OH (US);
Marcel Yotebieng, Mamaroneck, NY (US);
Shaurya Prakash, Columbus, OH (US);
Alexander Scarmuzzi, Dublin, OH (US);
Redi Llapi, Mason, OH (US);
Jack Crowley, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Sandra Metzler, West Jefferson, OH (US);
Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for making a determination whether a blood sample is, or is not, infected with a malaria parasite. The determination is made using a trained machine-learning (ML) algorithm. In some aspects, a microfluidic chip is used for the concentration of red blood cells infected with these parasites from uninfected red blood cells, the staining of the blood sample which differentially stains infected and uninfected red blood cells, and holds the sample of interest for imaging. The microfluidic chip is inserted into an optical subsystem that magnifies the image created from transmitted light microscopy. The magnified image is captured with a camera, and a trained ML algorithm assesses if the sample does or does not contain the parasite. Generally, the ML algorithm is executed on a portable computing device such as a smartphone.