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Patent No.:

US 9182388 B1

Date of Patent:

Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2011

Calibration of fluidic devices

Applicants:

Ian Gibbons, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Chengwang Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Shaunak Roy, San Mateo, CA (US);

Elizabeth A. Holmes, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ian Gibbons, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Chengwang Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Shaunak Roy, San Mateo, CA (US);

Elizabeth A. Holmes, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Theranos, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:

Primary Examiner:

Krishnan S Menon

Assistant Examiner:

Dwan A Gerido

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G05D 21/02 (2006.01); G01N 7/04 (2006.01); G01N 7/08 (2006.01); G01N 31/22 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); A61B 5/155 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A61B 5/151 (2006.01); A61B 5/157 (2006.01); A61B 5/1495 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G01N 33/53 (2013.01); A61B 5/1411 (2013.01); A61B 5/1427 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/157 (2013.01); A61B 5/15142 (2013.01); A61B 5/412 (2013.01); A61B 5/417 (2013.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); G01N 33/50 (2013.01); G01N 33/5302 (2013.01); G06F 19/3406 (2013.01); A61B 5/1495 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 5/150022 (2013.01); A61B 5/150099 (2013.01); A61B 5/150251 (2013.01); A61B 5/150854 (2013.01); B01L 2300/021 (2013.01); B01L 2300/023 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2300/087 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0877 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0883 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0887 (2013.01); G01N 2500/00 (2013.01); Y10T 436/10 (2015.01); Y10T 436/11 (2013.01); Y10T 436/115831 (2015.01); Y10T 436/12 (2015.01); Y10T 436/143333 (2015.01);

Abstract

The present invention provides methods of calibrating a fluidic device useful for detecting an analyte of interest in a bodily fluid. The invention also provides methods for assessing the reliability of an assay for an analyte in a bodily fluid with the use of a fluidic device. Another aspect of the invention is a method for performing a trend analysis on the concentration of an analyte in a subject using a fluidic device.

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