Prevention of information exposure to a laboratory instrument

A laboratory device comprising:

• (a) at least one image capturing device associated with the laboratory device, to capture at least one still image or video during operation of the laboratory device;
• (b) a transparent member coupled to the laboratory device, enabling an internal view into the laboratory device from outside the laboratory device;
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• (c) one or more optical resources coupled to the transparent member and adapted to obstruct a field of view (FOV) of the at least one image capturing device beyond the transparent member preventing exposure of any external information proximate to the laboratory device.

A system comprising:

• (a) a laboratory device comprising:
• (i) at least one image capturing device associated with the laboratory device, to capture at least one still image or video during operation of the laboratory device;
• (ii) a transparent member coupled to the laboratory device, enabling an internal view into the laboratory device from outside the laboratory device;
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• (iii) one or more optical resources coupled to the transparent member and adapted to obstruct a field of view (FOV) of the at least one image capturing device beyond the transparent member preventing exposure of any external information proximate to the laboratory device;
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• (b) a computing device configured to store and display images captured by the image capturing device, wherein the laboratory device is coupled to the computing device.