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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2005
Govindarajan Natarajan, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
James N. Humenik, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Scott D. Partington, Raleigh, NC (US);
Srinivasa S. N. Reddy, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Govindarajan Natarajan, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
James N. Humenik, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Scott D. Partington, Raleigh, NC (US);
Srinivasa S. N. Reddy, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method are disclosed for providing point of care testing for osmolarity of a bodily fluid. An apparatus is disclosed as having a fluid pathway passing through it for receiving and testing a sample fluid. The invention permits osmolarity testing of a sample fluid wherein the sample fluid has a volume of less than approximately 30 nL, and implements a method and device to measure fluid osmolarity in a clinical setting quickly and accurately, while also reducing evaporation of the fluid.