Diluent carryover control
CA 1293679 C · Owner: Dade International Inc. · Inventors: Mazza, John
Overview
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An air knife is positioned to direct a stream or blast of air across the tip of a sample probe as it is withdrawn from a cuvette containing a reagent diluent, and patient sample solution. After the probe is flushed with diluent, the air knife drives any droplets of diluent fluid off the probe tip into the cuvette and thereby prevents contaminatuion or dilution of the sample material in the sample containers.
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- Granted December 31, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 31, 2008.
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