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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. 04, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roobik Azarnia, South Miami, FL (US);
Susan M Fuentes, Princeton, FL (US);
Thomas R Russell, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Coulter Corporation, Miami, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204403 ; 204409 ; 204415 ; 204412 ; 204401 ; 422 681 ; 422 8202 ; 422 8203 ; 435-4 ; 435 14 ; 435817 ; 4352871 ; 436 52 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus provide a system for measuring a measurable component in a sample. A sample is introduced into a chamber. A permeable membrane to the measurable component allows the component to pass into a second chamber. In the second chamber the component is measured directly or reacted in the presence of an enzyme to generate a detectable product detected by a detector therein. The second chamber is then flushed. The second chamber is only of a size sufficient to contain enough liquid to wet the detector therein.