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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Applicant:
Ulrik Darling Larsen, Lyngby, DK;
Inventor:
Ulrik Darling Larsen, Lyngby, DK;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for characterizing particles suspended in a liquid, in a self-contained disposable cartridge for single-use analysis, such as for single-use analysis of a small quantity of whole blood. The method characterizes particles in liquid and samples a small and accurate volume of liquid. The cartridge includes a housing having a mixing chamber and a collection chamber separated by a wall containing an opening, a first bore in the outer surface of the housing for entrance of a liquid sample, a first cavity for receiving and holding a first liquid sample, and a second cavity for receiving and holding a second liquid sample.