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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2003
Giuseppe Caputo, Turin, IT;
Raffaele Castelli, Mirandola, IT;
Elena Comoglio, Turin, IT;
Leopoldo Della Ciana, Ivrea, IT;
Arnaldo Giannetti, Crescentino, IT;
Dideco S.p.A., Mirandola, IT;
Abstract
A device for determining the concentration of heparin in a fluid sample comprising: a container for holding the fluid sample; a container for holding the dye solution; a mixer for mixing the fluid sample and the dye solution; an illumination source for illuminating a mixture comprising the fluid sample and the dye solution with electromagnetic radiation having a substantially continuous range of wavelengths in the visible range; a detector for detecting the absorption spectrum of the mixture within the substantially continuous range of wavelengths; a recorder for recording the absorption spectrum of the mixture within the substantially continuous range of wavelengths; and a calculator for calculating a spectral parameter.