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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Benjamin Sullivan, San Diego, CA (US);
Steve Zmina, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric Donsky, San Diego, CA (US);
Sasha Miu, West Brunswick, AU;
Graeme John Bullock, Doncaster, AU;
Adam Ernest Donath, Kew, AU;
Fred Harry Davis, Canterbury, AU;
Andreas Knaack, Elsternwick, AU;
Matthew Daniel Solomon, Hughesdale, AU;
Erol Craig Harvey, Ringwood North, AU;
Carl Gang Chen, Hawthorn, AU;
Benjamin Sullivan, San Diego, CA (US);
Steve Zmina, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric Donsky, San Diego, CA (US);
Sasha Miu, West Brunswick, AU;
Graeme John Bullock, Doncaster, AU;
Adam Ernest Donath, Kew, AU;
Fred Harry Davis, Canterbury, AU;
Andreas Knaack, Elsternwick, AU;
Matthew Daniel Solomon, Hughesdale, AU;
Erol Craig Harvey, Ringwood North, AU;
Carl Gang Chen, Hawthorn, AU;
Tearlab Research, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A fluid collection device comprising a body comprising a capsule interface, and a capsule configured to interface with the body via the capsule interface and configured to hold a sample receiving chip. The sample receiving chip comprises a substrate that receives an aliquot volume of a sample fluid, wherein the substrate is operatively shaped to receive the aliquot volume of sample fluid through capillary action, and a sample region of the substrate, sized such that the volume of the sample fluid is sufficient to operatively cover a portion of the sample region, whereupon energy properties of the sample fluid can be transduced to produce a sample fluid reading.