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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2002
Michael J. Pugia, Granger, IN (US);
James A. Profitt, Goshen, IN (US);
Gert Blankenstein, Dortmund, DE;
Ralf-peter Peters, Dortmund, DE;
Michael J. Pugia, Granger, IN (US);
James A. Profitt, Goshen, IN (US);
Gert Blankenstein, Dortmund, DE;
Ralf-Peter Peters, Dortmund, DE;
Bayer Healthcare LLC, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
A microliter liquid sample, particularly a biological sample, is analyzed in a device employing centrifugal and capillary forces. The sample is moved by capillary forces into one or more metering wells which define the amount of the sample to be analyzed in subsequent steps. The defined amount of the sample is transferred from the metering wells to one or more conditioning and reagent wells for measuring the amount of an analyte contained in each metered amount of the sample.