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Analyte detection device having a serpentine passageway for indicator strips

US5515170A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1994
Grant dateMay 7, 1996
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/8483
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a passageway for accepting a strip for determining the presence or quantity of an analyte is provided. The passageway has a serpentine shape to maintain the strip against an optical aperture in the passageway wall, insuring that a constant optical reading is obtained.

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