Device for automatic analysis of a liquid sample
US7507377B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/114998
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
This invention relates to a device usable in an automatical apparatus for the determination of the rate of change of the physical state of a medium. This device has a series of cuvettes having two opposites shoulders which extend in the plane of the opening of the cuvette and a flexible film which is fixed on the shoulders. This film is provided with a series of oblong opening respectively arranged above the cuvette openings. An optical detection station is provided which has a light source generating a light beam which illuminates the upper face of the cuvette bowls and an optoeleclectronic detector placed below the bottom of the bowls.
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