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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Johannes Joseph Hubertina Barbara Schleipen, Eindhoven, NL;
Toon Hendrikus Evers, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Hans Nieuwenhuis, Waalre, NL;
Wendy Uyen Dittmer, Eindhoven, NL;
Dominique Maria Bruls, Eindhoven, NL;
Menno Willem Jose Prins, Rosmalen, NL;
Jacobus Hermanus Maria Neijzen, Heeze, NL;
Yannyk Parulian Julian Bourquin, Les Acacias, CH;
Johannes Joseph Hubertina Barbara Schleipen, Eindhoven, NL;
Toon Hendrikus Evers, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Hans Nieuwenhuis, Waalre, NL;
Wendy Uyen Dittmer, Eindhoven, NL;
Dominique Maria Bruls, Eindhoven, NL;
Menno Willem Jose Prins, Rosmalen, NL;
Jacobus Hermanus Maria Neijzen, Heeze, NL;
Yannyk Parulian Julian Bourquin, Les Acacias, CH;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A carrier and an apparatus for optical detection of a sample in a sample chamber includes en optical structure for refracting an input light beam into the adjacent sample chamber and for collecting an output light beam from light that originates in the sample chamber from the input light beam. The optical structure includes grooves in the surface of the carrier in which the Input light beam is transmitted Over a short distance through a sample. The optical structure can also be used for a wetting detection.