Rotatable detector
US4285906A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 1979 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N21/253
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A rotatable detector for continuously monitoring twelve blood samples being evaluated by an instrument is disclosed. Each sample is held in a separate cuvette forming part of a cuvette tray. A single bulb illuminates all twelve cuvettes and the light passing through each cuvette is carried to a separate detector for that cuvette by a respective one of twelve light pipes. The cuvette tray receptacle bulb and twelve detectors all rotate as a unit to permit reagent dispensing at a single station while continuously monitoring the light transmission of each sample.
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