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Fluid sample analyte collector and calibration assembly

  • US 5,284,570 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1991
  • Issued: 02/08/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A fluid collection, sensing and calibrating apparatus, comprising:

  • calibrator having a base and holder portion adapted to hold at least one container containing calibration fluid,calibration container securely held in the holder of the calibrator, wherein the container is sealed to contain calibration fluid,fluid collection means adapted for fluid communication with the container but removable from the calibrator for fluid collection where the collector has a body portion defining a chamber at one end and has an actuating means slidable within the body portion at the other end to provide a variable volume for the chamber and having at the end of the chamber opposite the *actuating means a connecting means for fluid engagement with means for withdrawing calibration fluid, andat least one sensing means attached to the collector for fluid communication with the container and in fluid communication with the collection means so that when calibration fluid is withdrawn from the container by the actuating means of the collector and into the chamber the fluid contacts the sensor, andmeans for withdrawing calibration fluid by puncturing the seal of the container when the means is attached to the connecting means of the collector.

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