Liquid light tube end cap assembly
First Claim
1. In an automated instrument system for analyzing the constituents of a specimen sample wherein the sample is contained in a cuvette and light is directed to the sample, into a light guide and to a photo-optical system for analyzing the sample, an improved light guide assembly comprising a light guide having projecting at one end portion thereof a quartz member and a housing for containing the end portion of the light guide and the quartz member said housing projecting beyond the end of the quartz member forming an aperture between the quartz member and the housing, the aperture having a depth of between about 0.002 and 0.007 inches.
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Abstract
An improved and unique liquid light tube (guide) end cap assembly particularly useful in a system for the clinical analysis of liquid biological samples for directing wavelengths of light is described. The assembly comprises a light guide having projecting at one end portion thereof a quartz member and a housing for containing the end portion of the light guide and the quartz member, thereby forming an aperture between the quartz member and the housing, the aperture having a depth of between about 0.002 and 0.007 inches.
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- 1. In an automated instrument system for analyzing the constituents of a specimen sample wherein the sample is contained in a cuvette and light is directed to the sample, into a light guide and to a photo-optical system for analyzing the sample, an improved light guide assembly comprising a light guide having projecting at one end portion thereof a quartz member and a housing for containing the end portion of the light guide and the quartz member said housing projecting beyond the end of the quartz member forming an aperture between the quartz member and the housing, the aperture having a depth of between about 0.002 and 0.007 inches.
- 11. A light guide assembly for directing wavelengths of light comprising a light guide having projecting at one end portion thereof a quartz member and a housing for containing the end portion of the light guide and the quartz member, said housing projecting beyond the end of said quartz member, thereby forming an aperture between the quartz member and the housing, the aperture having a depth of between about 0.002 and 0.007 inches.
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