Patent ID: 11885952
Assignee: ESSENLIX CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of assaying an analyte in a sample comprising:
(i) having a sample holder with a sample contact area for contacting a sample containing or suspected of containing an analyte;
(ii) having a plurality of calibration structures in the sample contact area of the sample holder, wherein the calibration structures have definite and predetermined geometry, and each of the calibration structures has an average lateral dimension of 100 μm or less;
(iii) imaging a part of the sample contact area that has the calibration structures with an imager to obtain an image; and
(iv) using an algorithm that comprises (a) the image in (iii), (b) the calibration structures in the image, and (c) machine learning to (1) identify the analyte, or (2) determine the analyte concentration, or (3) both (1) and (2).