Patent ID: 11914131
Assignee: nan
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A  C | IPC A  C  G

Claim 0:
1. An infectious disease testing system for deter mining whether a test subject is infected with a pathogen, comprising:
a specimen collector having a hollow body extending between a collection. end and an examination end with
a specimen receipt opening at the collection end of the hollow body for receiving, within the hollow body, a specimen of bodily fluids coughed or otherwise exhaled from the mouth of the test subject through the specimen receipt opening,

a transparent specimen collection tray carried by the hollow body adjacent the examination end for direct receipt of an specimen having no additions, alterations or treatments or any kind, after passing though the hollow body from the collection end; and
an electronic testing device requiring no delay for treatment of the specimen before the test can be performed., having
a protective housing, with an interior and a collector receipt opening, for releasable receipt of the examination end and at least a portion of the hollow body adjacent the examination end, into the protective housing, and
means including microscope within the protective housing to form at least one enlarged magnified visual image of the specimen collected and having no treatment displayed on the collection tray;
means including a local microcomputer within the protective housing responsive to the at least one enlarged magnified visual for determining whether the at least one magnified enlarged visual image of the specimen having no additions, alterations or treatments or any kind, contains any indications of infectious disease; and

means responsive to the local microcomputer to provide an indication of whether the at least one magnified enlarged visual image contains any indications of infectious disease.