Portable testing device with modular pod units for sample testing
AssigneeAgdia, Inc.
InventorsAlbert Vrient, Keith Schuetz, Coilin Walsh
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Abstract
A portable testing device that includes a head unit with a user interface and modular pod units that are attachable to the head unit and include componentry for performing assay testing of biological samples received in each respective pod unit. The head unit can utilize a user interface and optical reader of a modified tablet device incorporated within the housing of the head unit. The pod units can utilize a well block for receiving an array of sample tubes and an optical assembly having LEDS, a multiple bandpass filters, and a single ADC board with photodiodes that are disposed on both sides or only on one side of the receptacle of the well block.
Claims25
A portable testing device comprising:
- a head unit having a user interface and a processing unit configured for receiving information from the user interface and transmitting instructions to perform assay testing of one or more biological samples;
- and
- one or more pod units attached and electrically connected to the head unit, wherein each pod unit comprises:
- a housing;
- a receptacle in which a sample holder containing a biological sample and reagent mixture can be placed;
- and
- an optical assembly positioned in the housing adjacent the receptacle, wherein the optical assembly is configured to amplify and detect a signal from the biological sample and reagent mixture, wherein data that is collected in the optical assembly is communicated to the head unit;
- wherein each of the one or more pod units are removably attachable to the head unit and to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.