Patent ID: 11921272
Assignee: S.D. SIGHT DIAGNOSTICS LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. Apparatus for use with a bodily sample, the apparatus comprising:
an output device;
a sample carrier housing configured to carry a portion of the bodily sample, at least a portion of the sample carrier housing being configured to fluoresce, at least under certain conditions;
an optical measurement device configured to:
perform optical measurements upon the portion of the bodily sample that is housed within the sample carrier housing; and
at least partially photobleach an area of the portion of the sample carrier housing by causing the area to fluoresce; and

at least one computer processor that is operatively coupled to the optical measurement device, the computer processor being configured:
to detect that the area of the portion of the sample carrier housing has been photobleached, and
in response thereto, to perform one or more actions selected from the group consisting of:
generating an output upon the output device indicating that at least a portion of the sample carrier housing is contaminated,
generating an output upon the output device indicating that optical measurements cannot be performed on at least a portion of the sample that is housed within a portion of the sample carrier housing, and
preventing the optical measurement device from performing optical measurements upon at least a portion of the sample that is housed within a portion of the sample carrier housing.