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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Gary T Neel, Indianapolis, IN (US);
James R Parker, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rick L Collins, Cicero, IN (US);
David E Storvick, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Charles L Thomeczek, Jr, Fishers, IN (US);
William J Murphy, Cicero, IN (US);
George R Lennert, Fishers, IN (US);
Morris J Young, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Daniel L Kennedy, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A method of determining whether a sample or a control has been applied to an instrument for measuring coagulation of a fluid by optically detecting when the fluid that has been applied to the instrument has passed a first and a second points, determining the flow time for the fluid between the two points, establishing a time threshold, and the flow time to the threshold to determining if the fluid is a sample or a control.