METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION
First Claim
1. A device for obtaining information for one or more analytes in a sample, comprising,an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) source operatively coupled to a power source, the EMR source in operative communication with one or more optic inputs, each of the one or more optic inputs emitting one or more wavelengths of EMR,one or more receptors for receiving one or more sample holder, each of the one or more receptors comprising one or more of the one or more optic input operatively coupled to one or more optic output thereby forming an optic input-optic output pair, each of the optic input-optic output pair receiving one or more wavelengths of EMR,a detector operatively coupled with each of the one or more optic output, the detector for measuring transmitted or reflected EMR received from a sample when placed in the sample holder and the sample holder placed within the receptor, the detector producing a signal output comprising the obtained information.
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Abstract
A photo-spectroscopic analytic device is given for detecting analytes in a sample. The analyte may be microbial pathogen, a food sample, a sample of a body fluid, water, or a combination thereof. The device comprises an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) source in operative communication with one or more optic inputs, one or more receptors for receiving one or more sample holders, each receptor comprising one or more of the optic inputs which are operatively coupled to one or more optic outputs thereby forming an optic input-optic output pair. Each of the receptors may comprise different cross-sectional profiles corresponding to cross-sectional profiles of the sample holders.
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1. A device for obtaining information for one or more analytes in a sample, comprising,
an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) source operatively coupled to a power source, the EMR source in operative communication with one or more optic inputs, each of the one or more optic inputs emitting one or more wavelengths of EMR, one or more receptors for receiving one or more sample holder, each of the one or more receptors comprising one or more of the one or more optic input operatively coupled to one or more optic output thereby forming an optic input-optic output pair, each of the optic input-optic output pair receiving one or more wavelengths of EMR, a detector operatively coupled with each of the one or more optic output, the detector for measuring transmitted or reflected EMR received from a sample when placed in the sample holder and the sample holder placed within the receptor, the detector producing a signal output comprising the obtained information.
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