Patent ID: 9446406
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: B01L,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A portable monitoring system, comprising: a housing sized to be manually held by a human, the housing having a passage sized to removably receive at least one sample holder, the passage including at least one opening at least proximate a portion of the passage that provides access into the passage from an exterior of the housing; a dark chamber having an inner surface that at least partially encloses an interior of the dark chamber, at least a portion of the inner surface optically reflective and spherical with an associated focal point, the dark chamber located at a distal portion of the passage with respect to the at least one opening, the passage oriented relative to the dark chamber to position a distal portion of the sample holder to pass through the focal point of the optically reflective and spherical portion of the inner surface when the sample holder is removably received in the passage; at least one photo-responsive sensor exposed to the interior of the dark chamber; at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one photo-responsive sensor; and at least one display communicatively coupled to the at least one processor.