PERSONAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE HAVING AN AIR SAMPLE COLLECTION UNIT AND A FLUIDIC CIRCUIT
First Claim
1. A personal diagnostic device, comprising:
- at least one air sample collection unit for obtaining an air sample from an ambient environment of a user, said at least one air sample collection unit configured to detect at least one airborne contaminant;
a user sample acquisition layer for obtaining a fluid sample from said user;
a fluidic processing layer in fluid communication with said user sample acquisition layer and configured to process said fluid sample, said fluidic processing layer including a fluidic circuit comprising a plurality of analysis chambers, said fluidic circuit configured to direct said fluid sample to said one or more of said plurality of analysis chambers for sample processing, detection, and analysis;
an assay results detection layer having a detector for detecting diagnostic results derived from said processing of said fluid sample;
a signal processing unit configured to display detection of said at least one air born contaminant and display at least some of said diagnostic results of said fluid sample;
said user sample acquisition layer, said fluidic processing layer, and said assay results detection layer being in communication with each other; and
said one or more of said plurality of analysis chambers and said detector being in communication with each other such that said one or more of said plurality of analysis chambers is detectable by said detector.
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Abstract
Personal diagnostic devices including diagnostic patches (bio-patches) and interactive medical bracelets (bio-bracelets) are provided with a skin/patch interface, at least one analysis layer, a signal processing layer, and a user output interface. Embodiments of the interactive diagnostic devices may include micro-fluidic circuits with reaction chambers, analysis chambers, mixing cambers, and various pre-disposed chemistries or reagents for performing a wide verity of tests by transdermal transport of blood or perspiration. Sample collection chambers for the fluidic circuit may include minimally invasive tubules that penetrate the skin surface to acquire blood samples from capillaries near the epidermis. Alternate implementations of the personal diagnostic device may be equipped with logic processing, input/output devices, acoustic microphones, cryogenic circuits, embedded processors, electrical control circuitry, and battery current sources or photovoltaic sources of electrical power.
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21 Claims
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1. A personal diagnostic device, comprising:
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at least one air sample collection unit for obtaining an air sample from an ambient environment of a user, said at least one air sample collection unit configured to detect at least one airborne contaminant; a user sample acquisition layer for obtaining a fluid sample from said user; a fluidic processing layer in fluid communication with said user sample acquisition layer and configured to process said fluid sample, said fluidic processing layer including a fluidic circuit comprising a plurality of analysis chambers, said fluidic circuit configured to direct said fluid sample to said one or more of said plurality of analysis chambers for sample processing, detection, and analysis; an assay results detection layer having a detector for detecting diagnostic results derived from said processing of said fluid sample; a signal processing unit configured to display detection of said at least one air born contaminant and display at least some of said diagnostic results of said fluid sample;
said user sample acquisition layer, said fluidic processing layer, and said assay results detection layer being in communication with each other; and
said one or more of said plurality of analysis chambers and said detector being in communication with each other such that said one or more of said plurality of analysis chambers is detectable by said detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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