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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 05, 2012
Applicants:

Eugene Lim, Lafayette, CA (US);

Roger Tong, Berkeley, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eugene Lim, Lafayette, CA (US);

Roger Tong, Berkeley, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/03 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01); A61B 5/1459 (2006.01); A61B 5/155 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/153 (2006.01); A61B 5/157 (2006.01); G01N 33/49 (2006.01); G01N 21/07 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); G01N 21/35 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1459 (2013.01); A61B 5/1427 (2013.01); A61B 5/15003 (2013.01); A61B 5/150221 (2013.01); A61B 5/150229 (2013.01); A61B 5/150236 (2013.01); A61B 5/150267 (2013.01); A61B 5/150755 (2013.01); A61B 5/150992 (2013.01); A61B 5/153 (2013.01); A61B 5/155 (2013.01); A61B 5/157 (2013.01); G01N 33/491 (2013.01); G01N 21/03 (2013.01); G01N 21/07 (2013.01); A61M 5/142 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 5/14552 (2013.01); A61B 5/14557 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0233 (2013.01); G01N 2021/0346 (2013.01); G01N 21/35 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and method are disclosed for determining a concentration of an analyte (e.g., glucose) in a fluid (e.g., blood). The system can draw blood from a patient and deliver the blood to a sample cell. A centrifuge motor can spin the sample cell to separate the fluid into a plurality of components (plasma, red blood cells, etc.). A particular component of the fluid (e.g., plasma) may be positioned at a sample portion of the sample cell after centrifuging such that the concentration of the analyte is measured in the particular component of the fluid (e.g., plasma). The sample cell can include a cuvette that has two window pieces sandwiched between two clamshell pieces, and where the sample portion of the sample cell is defined by a gap between the window pieces.


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