Dade Behring Inc.

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Gmbh

Donald Richard Phillips, Sr

Ching-Cherng Lee

William Jackson Devlin, Sr

Arnold Lloyd Lewis

Timothy Patrick Evers

Thai Huynh-Ba

A method for cleansing used reaction cuvettes so that whenever certain assays are to be or have been performed in the reaction cuvette, the cuvette is automatically subjected to an additional cleaning operation by providing a number of washing and drying manifolds, each of which is independently selectively activated to perform or not perform a cleaning operation.

Method for selectively washing used reaction cuvettes in an automatic analyzer

A reaction cuvette having anti-wicking wall fillets that inhibit liquid wicking along an interior wall surface so that the reaction cuvette may be used in a cuvette-rewashing system in an automated analyzer and not be adversely affected by any reagent contaminants remaining from assays previously performed in said reaction cuvette. The anti-wicking wall fillets comprise a curvilinear taper extending from an open top downwards into the cuvette to form a rounded concave blend between the cuvette's front and back walls and side walls.

Reaction cuvette having anti-wicking features for use in an automatic clinical analyzer

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Newark, DE, United States of America

Donald Richard Phillips, Sr