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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:
May. 22, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2017
Applicant:

Charm Sciences, Inc., Lawrence, MA (US);

Inventors:

Robert J. Markovsky, Brentwood, NH (US);

Stanley E. Charm, Boston, MA (US);

Paul E. Graham, Dracut, MA (US);

Richard T. Skiffington, North Reading, MA (US);

Assignee:

Charm Sciences, Inc., Lawrence, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/75 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/75 (2013.01); G01N 21/78 (2013.01); G01N 21/8483 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0627 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and assemblies for the detection of at least one analyte in a sample are shown and described. In one embodiment, the assembly generates a test result from an assay and includes an integrated reader and incubator, wherein the incubator incubates the assay as the reader generates the test result. The reader typically has an optical detector aligned with a light source for detecting a plurality of transmission of light on the assay. The result is systems and methods to improve the detection of the presence and/or absence of at least one analyte in a sample.


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