US Patent:
20030090649, May 15, 2003
Inventors:
Bernhard Sterling - Sunnyvale CA, US
Philip Hartstein - Cupertino CA, US
Kenneth Li - Piedmont CA, US
Mark Agostino - Alameda CA, US
David Klonoff - Burlingame CA, US
Robert Gaffney - Atherton CA, US
Peng Zheng - Alameda CA, US
Jennifer Gable - Walnut Creek CA, US
Kenneth Witte - San Jose CA, US
Heidi Smith - Union City CA, US
Jane Sheill - Fremont CA, US
Mike Munrow - Belmont CA, US
W. Hall - Oakland CA, US
Daniel Goldberger - Boulder CO, US
Martin Fennell - Fairfield CA, US
Julian Cortella - Alameda CA, US
James Braig - Piedmont CA, US
Peter Rule - Los Altos Hills CA, US
International Classification:
G01N033/48
Abstract:
A reagentless whole-blood analyte detection system that is capable of being deployed near a patient has a source capable of emitting a beam of radiation that includes a spectral band. The whole-blood system also has a detector in an optical path of the beam. The whole-blood system also has a housing that is configured to house the source and the detector. The whole-blood system also has a sample element that is situated in the optical path of the beam. The sample element has a sample cell and a sample cell wall that does not eliminate transmittance of the beam of radiation in the spectral band.