Device and method for the determination of the specific gravity or osmolality of a liquid
CA 1051760 A · Owner: Miles Laboratories, Inc. · Inventors: Greyson, Jerome; Stiso, Sisto N.
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Devices and methods are provided for determining specific gravity or osmolality of liquids. The preferred devices comprise a carrier matrix incorporated with microcapsules having osmotically fragile, semipermeable polymeric membrane walls encapsulating therein a solute and a coloring substance. In use, the test device is contacted with the liquid to be tested, and color change on the carrier matrix is observed as a measure of the specific gravity or osmolality of the liquid.
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- Granted April 3, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 3, 1996.
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