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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:
Feb. 16, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 23, 2013
Applicant:

Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Joerg Martini, San Francisco, CA (US);

Noble M. Johnson, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Michael I. Recht, Mountain View, CA (US);

David M. Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Tim Curley, San Carlos, CA (US);

Peter Kiesel, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Martin Sheridan, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/1459 (2013.01); G01N 15/1436 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1447 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are directed to a host structure that includes a waveguide configured to deliver measurement light to a compartment at least partially within the host structure. The compartment is configured to reversibly engage a fluidic optical cartridge. The host structure also includes a detector configured to receive and process output light emanating from the fluidic optical cartridge as well as electronics to process signals from the detector.


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