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Test apparatus and method for testing cuvette accommodated samples

  • US 5,731,212 A
  • Filed: 12/20/1994
  • Issued: 03/24/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for testing a fluid sample, comprising:

  • a cuvette that defines at least one conduit therein, said at least one conduit having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end has an inlet port opening to a surface of said cuvette for receiving said test fluid;

    at least one reagent compound disposed within said at least one conduit between said first end and said second end;

    means for introducing a predetermined volume of said fluid sample into each said conduit through said inlet port;

    pumping means for selectively moving said predetermined volume of said fluid sample from a first position in said conduit to a second position;

    mixing means disposed in said conduit disposed between a first position and a second position for physically mixing said fluid sample in said conduit with said at least one reagent, said mixing means taking effect when said pumping means moves said fluid sample from said first position, past said mixing means, to said second position in said conduit; and

    testing means for testing a characteristic associated with said predetermined volume of fluid sample.

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