Patent ID: 9488657
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G01N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus to receive and identify a diagnostic sequence on an assay test strip having a color coding reference and to generate a test result from said test strip assay, said apparatus comprising: a. an optics board having a housing with a dividing wall separating a red light emitting diode, a blue light emitting diode, and a green light emitting diode to collimate an emitted sequential illumination pattern reflected off said test strip's color coding reference; and b. an imaging detector aligned with said test strip assay's identification portion and having a photodiode light-to-voltage converter with sensitivity to wavelengths of said light emitting diodes, wherein said imaging detector generates a first voltage amplitude reflected off said test strip's color coding reference in a dark environment and a second voltage amplitude under said sequential illumination pattern to calibrate said imaging detector, said voltage amplitude reflected off said assay's identification portion digitized through an A/D converter to produce a plurality of values representative of primary colors contained on said assay's identification portion and then identify said diagnostic sequence to signal said apparatus to perform said diagnostic sequence to generate said test result.