Sperm motility test device and method

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PATENT NO 9784961
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14183982

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Test kits for assessing male fertility include a sample holder defining an object plane, a lens, and a two dimensional light sensor defining an image plane arranged along a common linear axis. The distance between the object plane and the image plane may be no more than 50 mm, and may be no more than 30 mm. A lens aperture may have an area of 1-10 mm2. The test kit may have a housing with a maximum linear dimension of no more than 100 mm. Processing circuitry may be provided that is configured to produce a sperm count and/or sperm motility measurements by processing image data from the two-dimensional light sensor.

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CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC469 NORTH HARRISON STREET ATTN PATENT GROUP PRINCETON NJ 08543-5297

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Li, Shang West Windsor, US 32 197
Nazareth, Albert R Mercerville, US 31 689
Sanders, Giles Fowlmere, GB 4 33
Wooder, Nicholas James Royston, GB 55 456

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