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Apparatus and method for handling fluid samples of body materials

  • US 5,895,762 A
  • Filed: 03/06/1997
  • Issued: 04/20/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for analyzing a body fluid specimen held in a first container and using a treating fluid retained in a second container to enhance the observation of the fluid specimen, comprising:

  • a slide assembly having first and second separate fluid specimen retaining optical viewing chambers;

    said viewing chambers each having first and second ports;

    a pump having a first port and a second port;

    first tubing means effectively coupling the first port of the pump to the first ports of the viewing chambers of said slide assembly;

    a fluid mixing function;

    second tubing means for coupling the second port of one of the viewing chambers through said fluid mixing function to both said fluid specimen in said first container and to said treating fluid in said second container;

    third tubing means for coupling the second port of said second viewing chamber to the specimen in said first container;

    whereby, in response to a pumping action of said pump from its first port to its second port, fluid specimen is drawn from said first container to be mixed by said mixing function with said treating fluid drawn from said second container to deliver a treated specimen fluid into said first viewing chamber and provide a fluid specimen for viewing in said second viewing chamber.

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