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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Neil Polwart, West Lothian, GB;
Graham Tyrie, Edinburgh, GB;
Anthony Peter Ashbrook, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Norarum DX Limited, Cardiff, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5302 (2013.01); G01N 21/8483 (2013.01); G01N 33/56911 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1776 (2013.01);
Abstract
A testing apparatus for performing an assay, the testing apparatus comprising: a receptacle () containing a reagent, the reagent being reactive to an applied test sample by developing a color or pattern variation; a portable device (), e.g. a mobile phone or a laptop, comprising a processor and an image capture device (), wherein the processor is configured to process data captured by the image capture device and output a test result for the applied test sample.