Patent ID: 8911668
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B01L,F04B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A Lab On a Chip (LOC) comprising: a sample inlet for receiving a liquid sample; a Sample Preparation Module (SPM) coupled to the sample inlet, wherein the SPM comprises: a microchannel coupled to the SPM; a light source; an optic module optically proximate to the microchannel; a plurality of lenses within the optic module, wherein each of the plurality of lenses has a different effective focal length for focusing light images of objects suspended within the liquid sample as light from the light source illuminates the objects passing through the microchannel in different strata of the microchannel; and an image processing component within the optic module, wherein the image processing component generates a digital image of the light images of the objects.