Detection of allergen exposure
AssigneeEnt. Services Development Corporation LP
InventorsSatwant KAUR, Larry SCHMIDT
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Abstract
One example implementation includes an extractor controller to control extraction of blood from a user; a detection fluid manager to mix the blood and a detection fluid to form magnetized test particles, the detection fluid comprising dye coated magnetic particles; a particle flow controller to remove magnetized test particles from the mixed blood and detection fluid; and an allergen detector to detect exposure to an allergen based on a color of the test particles.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- an extractor controller to control extraction of blood from a user;
- a detection fluid manager to mix the blood and a detection fluid to form test particles, the detection fluid comprising dye coated magnetic particles;
- a particle flow controller to remove test particles from the mixed blood and detection fluid;
- and
- an allergen detector to detect exposure to an allergen based on a color of the test particles, the color resulting from the mixture of the blood and dye coated magnetic particles.
A method comprising:
- extracting, in response to instructions from a processor, blood from a user;
- mixing the blood with a detection fluid to generate magnetic test particles, the detection fluid comprising dye coated magnetic particles;
- measuring light reflected from the magnetic test particles using a photodetector;
- and
- determining, via the processor, whether the user has been exposed to an allergen based on the measured light.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
- instruct a blood extractor to extract blood from a user;
- facilitate mixing the extracted blood with a detection fluid comprising dye coated magnetic particles;
- control movement of the magnetic test particles to a photodetector;
- and
- measure a voltage from light reflected from the magnetic test particles to detect the presence of an allergen in the extracted blood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.