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

Claim 10:
11. A method for use with a bodily sample, the method comprising:
placing a portion of the bodily sample within a sample carrier housing, at least a portion of the sample carrier housing being configured to fluoresce, at least under certain conditions; and
while the portion of the bodily sample is housed within the sample carrier housing, performing optical measurements upon the portion of the bodily sample that is housed within the sample carrier housing, using an optical measurement device;
at least partially photobleaching an area of the portion of the sample carrier housing by causing the area to fluoresce; and
using at least one computer processor:
detecting that the area of the portion of the sample carrier housing has been photobleached; and
in response thereto, performing one or more actions selected from the group consisting of:
generating an output upon an 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.