Optical test platform

US11192112B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BIOMERIEUX, INC. · FR

Inventors

• Jack R. Hoffmann, Jr. · Chesterfield, US
• Gregory R. Maes · Fenton, US
• Jeffrey E. Price · Wildwood, US
• Jared Bullock · Saint Louis, US
• Samuel B. Crandall · Troy, US
• Jacky S. Yam · Chesterfield, US
• Christopher George Kocher · Chesterfield, US
• Walter J. Clynes · O'Fallon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 7, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2201/12707
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Provided herein are an optical test platform and corresponding method of manufacturing the same. The test platform may include a shell defining a cavity for receiving a sample tube, a first aperture, and a second aperture. The first aperture and the second aperture of the shell may each be configured to optically couple the cavity with an exterior of the shell. The test platform may further include a first window and a second window embedded in the shell. The first window may seal a first aperture and the second window may seal a second aperture. The first window and second window may each permit the optical coupling of the cavity with the exterior of the shell. The first window and the second window may be optically coupled via the cavity, and the shell may prohibit optical coupling between the first window and the second window through the shell.