Abstract: A wafer for carrying a biological sample includes a pair of circular discs, at least one of the discs being transparent. The wafer also includes a gap between the discs adapted to receive a biological sample. The compact circular shape of the wafer makes it particularly suited for use in a portable device in which the wafer is rotated to enable a camera to image different areas of the sample between the discs. The gap may be sized to pull a biological sample into the gap by capillary action.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 11, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 27, 2022
Assignee:
OXFORD IMMUNE ALGORITHMICS LTD
Inventors:
Hector Zenil, Jürgen Hermann Richard Riedel
Abstract: A wafer for carrying a biological sample includes a pair of circular discs, at least one of the discs being transparent. The wafer also includes a gap between the discs adapted to receive a biological sample. The compact circular shape of the wafer makes it particularly suited for use in a portable device in which the wafer is rotated to enable a camera to image different areas of the sample between the discs. The gap may be sized to pull a biological sample into the gap by capillary action.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 11, 2021
Publication date:
June 23, 2022
Applicant:
OXFORD IMMUNE ALGORITHMICS LTD
Inventors:
Hector Zenil, Jürgen Hermann Richard Riedel
Abstract: A portable device for imaging a solid or fluid biological sample. The portable device accepts a wafer for carrying the biological sample. The portable device comprises a camera, and a casing which is configured to receive the wafer. The wafer is positioned inside the casing at an imaging location so that the camera can capture images of the sample. The portable device can also comprise a rotary driver to rotate the wafer between a series of orientations. Each orientation bringing a different area of the biological sample into a field of view of the camera.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 2, 2021
Date of Patent:
November 16, 2021
Assignee:
OXFORD IMMUNE ALGORITHMICS LTD.
Inventors:
Hector Zenil, Jürgen Hermann Richard Riedel