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Agglutination detection apparatus

  • US 5,256,376 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1991
  • Issued: 10/26/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for analyzing reactants contained in a fluid and adapted for use with a device which will rotate the apparatus about a centrifugal axis comprising,at least one cuvette, said cuvette having at least one chamber, said chamber having a radially outward wall which provides a base upon which the reactants are pelleted when the apparatus is rotated about a centrifugal axis, means for introducing fluids into said chamber, and a channel for removing fluid from said chamber, said channel having an entrance hole positioned and arranged adjacent and radially inward relative to said radially outward wall, andmeans for applying differential pressure to said chamber to force said fluids from said chamber through said channel during centrifugation.

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