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(43) Date of publication: 15.08.2018 Bulletin 2018/33 (21) Application number: 16854509.3 (22) Date of filing: 07.10.2016

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61J 1/05(2006.01) G01N 1/28(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2016/056161 (87) International publication number: WO 2017/062892 (13.04.2017 Gazette 2017/15)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA MD (30) Priority: 09.10.2015 US 201562239636 P 21.07.2016 WO PCT/US2016/043435 (71) Applicant: Theranos, Inc. Palo Alto, California 94304 (US)	(72) Inventors: HOLMES, Elizabeth Palo Alto, California 94304 (US) LUI, Clarissa Menlo Park, California 94025 (US) CHEN, Michael Sunnyvale, California 94087 (US) YOUNG, Daniel Palo Alto, California 94304 (US) (74) Representative: Avidity IP  Broers Building Hauser Forum 21 JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0FA Cambridge CB3 0FA (GB)