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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2008
Heinz Kontschieder, Graz, AT;
Marco Jean Pierre Leiner, Graz, AT;
Wolfgang Huber, Lannach, AT;
Franz-josef Krysl, Graz, AT;
Christoph Ritter, Graz, AT;
Helmut Offenbacher, Graz, AT;
Bernhard Schaffar, Graz, AT;
Marie-luise Schinnerl, Semriach, AT;
Johann Harer, Graz, AT;
Heinz Kontschieder, Graz, AT;
Marco Jean Pierre Leiner, Graz, AT;
Wolfgang Huber, Lannach, AT;
Franz-Josef Krysl, Graz, AT;
Christoph Ritter, Graz, AT;
Helmut Offenbacher, Graz, AT;
Bernhard Schaffar, Graz, AT;
Marie-Luise Schinnerl, Semriach, AT;
Johann Harer, Graz, AT;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a sensor cassette that can be inserted into an analyzer comprising a continuous measuring channel for receiving fluidic media and sensory elements for determining chemical and/or physical parameters of the fluidic media. According to the invention the sensor cassette consists of at least two permanently connected but separately manufactured modules which each have a housing and a measuring channel section wherein the measuring channel sections of adjacent modules are connected to the continuous measuring channel by a fluidic coupling and wherein at least one of the connected modules is designed as a sensor module and has a sensor array comprising at least two sensory elements. Furthermore, a memory element is allocated to the sensor cassette on which specific information for the sensor cassette in particular with regard to its construction from the respective modules is stored.