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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Ronald J. Rieder, Medford, MA (US);
John R. Howatt, Bedford, MA (US);
Alexander Sloutsky, Newton, MA (US);
John Oleksy, Sudbury, MA (US);
Ronald J. Rieder, Medford, MA (US);
John R. Howatt, Bedford, MA (US);
Alexander Sloutsky, Newton, MA (US);
John Oleksy, Sudbury, MA (US);
Biosense Technologies, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a system for collecting a sample and optionally detecting or analyzing an electrical property thereof, the method comprising: means for obtaining a sample in a sample container; means for directing the sample into a sensing chamber in fluid communication with the sample container, the sensing chamber comprising a plurality of sensing chamber electrodes positioned at the sensing chamber and configured to be in contact with the sample when the sample is directed into the sensing chamber; means for applying an electrical signal to the sample with a read-out analyzer via the plurality of sensing chamber electrodes; the plurality of sensing chamber electrodes in operable communication with the read-out analyzer; and means for detecting the effect of the sample on the electrical signal, thereby determining an electrical property of the sample.