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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Nova Biomedical Corporation, Waltham, MA (US);
Michael Cafferty, Medford, MA (US);
NOVA BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for measuring the percent fill of a blood sampling capillary includes a chamber for receiving a sample capillary containing a blood sample, an illuminator arranged to illuminate the sample capillary, an imaging lens aligned with the chamber and the sample capillary, an image sensor aligned with the imaging lens wherein the image sensor receives an image of the blood in the sample capillary from the imaging lens and converts the image to image data, a micro-controller circuit electrically coupled to the image sensor, and at least one of a host computer or a user interface electrically coupled to the micro-controller unit where the micro-controller circuit processes the image data into a percent fill result where the percent fill result is passed to the at least one of the host computer or the user interface.
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