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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2023
Idexx Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Jeremy Hammond, Standish, ME (US);
Jui Ming Lin, Falmouth, ME (US);
Timothy Butcher, Windham, ME (US);
Aravind Reghu, Scarborough, ME (US);
IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC, Westbrook, ME (US);
Abstract
A collection container for separating and collection particles suspended in a sample fluid added to the collection container includes at least one barrier-forming fluid which is immiscible relative to the sample fluid and which has a specific gravity which is different from the specific gravity of the sample fluid. The barrier-forming fluid is situated in the collection container to be in contact with the sample fluid and to form with the sample fluid a fluidic imaging barrier at the interface between the sample fluid and the barrier-forming fluid. The particles suspended in the sample fluid will separate therefrom when centrifugal or gravitational forces are applied to the container and will collect at the fluidic imaging barrier for imaging by an optical imaging system.