US 12,345,702 B2
On-site detection of parasitic infection of mammals
Sean Smith, Dublin (IE); Tara McElligott, Dublin (IE); Jose Lopez Escobar, Dublin (IE); and Daniel Izquierdo Hijazi, Dublin (IE)
Assigned to TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY DUBLIN, Dublin (IE)
Appl. No. 17/413,744
Filed by TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY DUBLIN, Dublin (IE)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/084770
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/120640, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1820327 (GB), filed on Dec. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0057385 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/31 (2006.01); G01N 1/38 (2006.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)
CPC G01N 33/5091 (2013.01) [A61B 10/0038 (2013.01); B01L 3/502 (2013.01); G01N 1/31 (2013.01); G01N 1/38 (2013.01); G01N 1/4077 (2013.01); G02B 21/365 (2013.01); G02B 21/368 (2013.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0652 (2013.01); B01L 2200/18 (2013.01); B01L 2300/023 (2013.01); B01L 2300/024 (2013.01); B01L 2300/027 (2013.01); B01L 2300/043 (2013.01); B01L 2300/046 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0609 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0654 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0663 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0681 (2013.01); B01L 2300/126 (2013.01); B01L 2300/168 (2013.01); G01N 2001/4088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10056 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for on-site determination of a parasitic infection characteristic of a non-human mammal, comprising:
a portable faecal sample preparation device configured for use on-site to receive faecal matter from the mammal and a faecal flotation fluid, mix the faecal matter and faecal flotation fluid to provide a suspension, and filter the suspension to provide a filtrate, in which the filtrate is the faecal sample;
a translucent faecal sample support;
a portable digital imaging module adapted to generate a digital image of a faecal sample on the sample support and communicate the digital image via a wireless communications network by detachable engagement with a mobile communications device in a sample support imaging position, in which the digital image of the faecal sample on the sample support is generated by a camera of the mobile communications device and communicated to the off-site digital image analysis module via the mobile communications device;
an off-site digital image analysis module configured to receive the digital image of the faecal sample via the wireless communication network, analyse the digital image to determine a parasitic infection characteristic of the sample, and communicate the parasitic infection characteristic of the sample via a wireless communications network; and
downloadable software for a mobile communications device configured to cause the mobile communications device to:
receive the digital image of the faecal sample;
communicate the digital image to the off-site digital image analysis module;
receive the parasitic infection characteristic of the sample from the off-site digital image analysis module;
request input of identification data for the mammal into the mobile communications device;
receive and store identification data for the mammal;
display on the screen of the mobile communications device the parasitic infection characteristic of the sample, or display on the screen of the mobile communications device the parasitic infection characteristic of the sample and the mammal identification data; and
store a plurality of parasitic infection characteristics for the same mammal obtained over a period of time, and display the plurality of parasitic infection characteristics on the mobile communications device.