Card for counting and characterizing microorganisms
US6458553B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 14, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01L2400/0457
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention concerns an analysis card as well as a method for filing such a card and the use of said card. Said card comprises a body consisting of: a zone for injecting into the card a biological fluid to be analyzed; a main duct supplying the biological fluid coming from the injection zone; at least two secondary ducts located in the extension of the main duct; and at least one well corresponding to each secondary duct. The invention is characterized in that each well constitutes a means for dispensing a specific volume of said biological fluid into at least two terminal analysis ducts, via a terminal duct for each analysis cavity and the volume to be analyzed is less than the total volume of all the analysis ducts. Although this concerns a particular embodiment wherein a biological fluid is transferred in parallel, in another embodiment the transfer may be carried out in series. The invention is particularly applicable in microbiology.
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