WHOLE BLOOD SEPARATION MEANS AND TEST SYSTEM USING SAME
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MEANS FOR SEPARATING WHOLE BLOOD INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY COLORLESS FLUID AND THE RED CELL COMPONENTS OR RESIDUE, SAID MEAND COMPRISING CONTACTING THE WHOLE BLOOD WITH CERTAIN AMINO ACIDS SUCH AS GLYCINE, ALANINE AND/OR DERIVATIVES THEREOF. IN A PREFERABLE USE OF THIS MEANS TO EFFECT A TEST DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SOLUBLE CONSTITUENTS IN WHOLE BLOOD, A MATRIX CONTAINING THE AMINO ACID OR DERIVATIVE THEREOF IS POSITIONED ADJACENT TO A TEST REAGENT SPECIFICALLY REACTABLE WITH AND GIVING A DETECTABLE RESPONSE TO SAID SOLUBLE CONSTITUENT, THE WHOLE BLOOD FIRST BEING CONTACTED WITH THE AMINO ACID AND THE COLORLESS FLUID THUS OBTAINED THEN CONTACTED WITH THE TEST REAGENT.
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