Skin Test Reading Device and Associate Systems and Methods
AssigneeFlare Diagnostics, LLC
InventorsJohn Robert Tversky, Donald Welton MacGlashan, JR.
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments are directed to skin test reading devices that include a housing and a short wave infrared (SWIR) detector. The SWIR detector can include a lens configured to enable the SWIR detector to capture an image of a skin testing area of a patient. The SWIR detector can be configured to detect a wheal formed on the skin testing area of the patient. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to methods of reading a skin test and skin test reading systems.
Claims19
An allergy skin test reading device, comprising:
- a short wave infrared (SWIR) detector including a lens configured to enable the SWIR detector to capture an image of an allergy skin testing area of a patient;
- wherein the SWIR detector is an indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) detector configured to detect wavelengths between (i) 1,350 nm and 1,450 nm, and (ii) 1,600 nm and 1,800 nm, to detect a wheal formed on the allergy skin testing area of the patient in response to an allergen introduced to the allergy skin testing area.
The allergy skin test reading device of claim 12, wherein the dimension associated with the wheal is a wheal diameter.
A method of reading a skin test for allergy testing, comprising:
- providing an allergy skin test reading device, the allergy skin test reading device including a short wave infrared (SWIR) detector in the form of an indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) detector including a lens;
- capturing an image of an allergy skin testing area of the patient with the InGaAs detector;
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- detecting wavelengths between (i) 1,350 nm and 1,450 nm, and (ii) 1,600 nm and 1,800 nm, with the InGaAs detector to detect a wheal formed on the allergy skin testing area of the patient in response to an allergen introduced to the allergy skin testing area.
An allergy skin test reading system, comprising:
- an allergy skin test reading device including (i) a short wave infrared (SWIR) detector including a lens configured to enable the SWIR detector to capture an image of an allergy skin testing area of a patient, wherein the SWIR detector is an indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) detector configured to detect wavelengths between (a) 1,350 nm and 1,450 nm, and (b) 1,600 nm and 1,800 nm, to detect a wheal formed on the allergy skin testing area of the patient in response to an allergen introduced to the allergy skin testing area;
- a supporting structure configured to mount the InGaAs detector over the allergy skin testing area of the patient;
- an illumination device mounted to the supporting structure and configured to illuminate at least a portion of the allergy skin testing area of the patient;
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- a graphical user interface configured to display the image captured by the InGaAs detector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.