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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12M / ; C12M / ; C12M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-4 ; 435291 ; 435313 ; 435316 ; 366101 ; 2611191 ; 422 63 ; 422100 ;
Abstract
An improved and unique mixing technique particularly useful as part of the process for the clinical analysis of liquid biological samples is described. The sample is placed in a cuvette along with a reagent and a diluent. The top (opening) of the cuvette is squeezed (reduced in size) and an air jet is directed against the liquid surface formed in the cuvette adjacent the junction of the liquid surface with the wall of the cuvette to create a vortex to produce thorough mixing of the contents of the cuvette and substantially prevent any splashing of the liquid contents.