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Bodily fluid composition analyzer with disposable cassette

  • US 9,883,829 B2
  • Filed: 01/15/2015
  • Issued: 02/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A fluid handling and analysis system comprising:

  • a main instrument; and

    a fluid handling module, the fluid handling module configured to be mounted or removed from the main instrument, the fluid handling module configured to be disposable;

    the main instrument comprising;

    a bodily fluid analyzer configured to measure concentration of at least one analyte in bodily fluid; and

    at least one fluid control element, the fluid control element configured to control fluid flow through the fluid handling module;

    the fluid handling module comprising;

    multiple fluid passageways configured to receive a bodily fluid from a patient;

    a sample element including a sample cell having a sample measurement location coinciding with an analysis region of the bodily fluid analyzer, the sample cell comprising a sample chamber for holding a sample at the sample measurement location in a non-flowing state during analysis by the bodily fluid analyzer, an input fluid passageway for communicating the sample into the sample chamber, and an output fluid passageway for communicating the sample out of the sample chamber,a separator interface configured to engage a fluid component separator that is configured to separate the bodily fluid into multiple subcomponents for analysis; and

    at least one control interface configured to engage the at least one control element when the main instrument and the fluid handling module are engaged.

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