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Heated reaction chamber in a unified fluid circuit of a hematology diagnostic instrument

  • US 5,908,599 A
  • Filed: 07/30/1996
  • Issued: 06/01/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a unified fluid circuit having a first acrylic layer and a second acrylic layer having a common interface there between, an integral heated reaction chamber comprising:

  • a hollow surface formed in one of the first and second acrylic layers at the common interface to form a chamber containing a volume;

    a thinning notch formed in at least one of the first and second layers proximate to the chamber, defining a thin wall of said chamber bounded on a first side by said chamber and on a second side by the thinning notch; and

    a heating element in thermal contact with said second side of said thin wall.

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