System and method for detection of target substances

US10254279B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Nima Labs, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Scott Sundvor · San Francisco, US
• Steven Portela · San Francisco, US
• Jonathan Ward · San Francisco, US
• John Paul Walton · San Francisco, US
• Jonathan William Kiel · Ardmore, US
• Jeffrey Mekler · San Francisco, US
• Shireen Yates · San Francisco, US
• Jacob Mooney · San Francisco, US
• Dane Weitmann · Seattle, US
• Joseph Horrell · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/54366
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method includes a test container for detecting a target substance in a consumable sample, where the test container includes a test container body defining a test container top, a test container bottom opposing the test container top, a first chamber proximal the test container top, and a second chamber proximal the test container bottom, a magnetic diaphragm situated between the first chamber and the second chamber, the magnetic diaphragm obstructing flow of the consumable sample, and the magnetic diaphragm including a magnetic element embedded in the magnetic diaphragm, and a driving element geometrically complementary to the first chamber, the driving element including a consumable sample grinding feature protruding from a surface of the driving element.