Patent ID: 9239284
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B01L,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A analyzer for determining an analyte, comprising: (a) an electromagnetic radiation source for providing electromagnetic radiation; (b) a system for directing the electromagnetic radiation from the electromagnetic radiation source to an interrogation space in a sample container; (c) a translating system for translating the interrogation space through at least a portion of the sample container, thereby forming a moveable interrogation space; (d) a detector for detecting electromagnetic radiation emitted from a photon emitting species in the interrogation space if the species is present, wherein the detector is operably connected to the interrogation space, and (e) a processor operatively connected to the detector, wherein the processor determines a threshold photon value corresponding to a background signal in the interrogation space, determines the presence of a photon emitting species comprising or corresponding to the analyte in the interrogation space in each of the plurality of bins by identifying bins having a photon value greater than the threshold value, and relates the number of bins having a photon value greater than the threshold level to the presence or amount of the analyte in the sample.