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Cuvette for in vitro diagnosis

US7943100B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 2010
Grant dateMay 17, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T436/113332
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The device comprises reaction unit cuvettes for different types of tests, a vertical axis rotor which is associated with a rotation drive means and provided with a horizontal gear-teeth crown delimiting radially outwardly open cavities for receiving the reaction unit cuvettes, a device for supplying the gear-teeth crown with the reaction unit cuvettes, a device for supplying cuvettes with analyzable biological liquid samples, stations arranged around the crown for carrying out measurements and/or analysis and an automation for managing the sequences of a desired process for each cuvette.

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