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Analyzing apparatus
Assignee: Avl AG
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Filing: 1990-02-28
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Granted: 1991-12-24
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Expires: 2010-02-28
Abstract
Abstract An analyzing apparatus primarily designed for the analysis of body fluids, includes a feeding device, a measuring unit formed by a string of measuring cells linked by a channel, and a waste disposal unit for removal of the samples analyzed. Such an analyzing apparatus may be tailored to suit specific purposes by providing the measuring unit, or at least parts thereof, as modular units, which can directly be coupled to the feeding device and the waste disposal unit via a separate control block.
Inventors
- 👤 Hermann Marsoner
- 👤 Helmut List
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 07:56
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N33/00; G01N33/48; G01N33/483; G01N33/487; G01N33/49; G01N33/492; G01N33/48707
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
112 words
A module for use in an analyzing apparatus, said module comprising an inlet opening, a primary outlet opening, a secondary outlet opening and a non-linear primary flow channel extending from said inlet opening to said primary outlet opening, said primary flow channel tangentially opening into and exiting from a plurality of primary cells, said primary cells receiving electrochemical measuring electrodes for measuring characteristics of a sample fluid in said primary flow channel, and a secondary flow channel which is connected to said primary flow channel and which branches off from said primary flow channel to said secondary outlet opening, said secondary flow channel defining a secondary cell for receiving a reference electrode.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
112 words
A module for use in an analyzing apparatus, said module comprising an inlet opening, a primary outlet opening, a secondary outlet opening and a non-linear primary flow channel extending from said inlet opening to said primary outlet opening, said primary flow channel tangentially opening into and exiting from a plurality of primary cells, said primary cells receiving electrochemical measuring electrodes for measuring characteristics of a sample fluid in said primary flow channel, and a secondary flow channel which is connected to said primary flow channel and which branches off from said primary flow channel to said secondary outlet opening, said secondary flow channel defining a secondary cell for receiving a reference electrode.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A module according to claim 1, including a valve in said primary flow channel between a first of said primary cells and said inlet opening.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
A module according to claim 2, including a tertiary outlet opening and a tertiary flow channel connected to said primary flow channel between said valve and said inlet opening and which branches off from said primary flow channel and communicates with said tertiary outlet opening.
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