Device for optimizing fluid sample volume and method of using the same

A fluid sampling device, the fluid sampling device comprising:

• a fluid composition sensor configured to receive a fluid sample and capture a plurality of particles from the fluid sample at a collection media, wherein the fluid composition sensor is further configured to generate particle data associated with the plurality of particles using a particle imaging operation;
• and
• a controller, the controller being configured to:
• determine an optimal sample duration associated with a sample collection operation based at least in part on a particle load condition defined by the plurality of particles captured at the collection media during the sample collection operation;
• update one or more operational characteristics of the fluid composition sensor such that the sample collection operation is defined at least in part by the optimal sample duration;
• and
• stop the sample collection operation based on the optimal sample duration being at least substantially equal to a corresponding operational characteristic of the one or more operational characteristics associated with the sample collection operation.

A method for optimizing a sample collection operation comprising:

• receiving, via a volume of fluid, a fluid sample comprising a first plurality of particles;
• capturing, at a first instance during the sample collection operation, first particle data associated with the first plurality of particles received from within the fluid sample;
• determining an optimal sample characteristic associated with the sample collection operation based at least in part on a first particle load condition defined by the first plurality of particles;
• based at least in part on the optimal sample characteristic, updating one or more operational characteristics associated with the sample collection operation such that the sample collection operation is defined at least in part by the optimal sample characteristic;
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• upon determining that the optimal sample characteristic is at least substantially equal to a corresponding operational characteristic associated with the sample collection operation as measured at the first instance, stopping the sample collection operation.