Abstract:
A coupling arrangement between a hub and multi-cuvette rotor in analytical photometers, wherein the hub has a projection the section of which has a non-revolving profile and to such end comprises at least one rectilinear segment, the rotor designed for said hub featuring centrally a seating adapted to receive said projection on which hub, peripherally to said projection and distanced from the rectilinear-segment portion, there are arranged radially yieldable elastic elements provided with a portion which projects from said profile so that it elastically associates with the matching seating in the rotor.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the field of photometric analysis, particularly to photometric analysis apparatuses which use disk-shaped rotors, in which the rotors are loaded automatically.
Abstract:
A method for calibrating an instrument for the analysis of blood gases which possesses ion-sensitive electrodes and gas-sensitive electrodes and is used for the determination, in a biological fluid, of the concentration of electrolytes and metabolites in solution, and of the pH, pO.sub.2 and pCO.sub.2, the said calibration being carried out with at least one buffered solution containing O.sub.2, a known or tonometer-measured amount of CO.sub.2 and known concentrations of the electrolytes and metabolites to be determined, in which calibration the pO.sub.2 titer is determined beforehand using atmospheric oxygen as reference.
Abstract:
A method for producing a liquid phase substance having a pre-established concentration of CO.sub.2 suitable for calibrating analytical instruments such as hemogasanalyzers consists in:preparing an aqueous solution of precisely known strength of a water-soluble salt of carbonic acid,then transferring said solution to a flow reactor containing a cation exchange resin in hydrogenionic form,passing the aforesaid solution of carbonic acid salt through the aforesaid cation resin,thereby achieving the reaction of producing a pre-established quantity of CO.sub.2, andtransferring the eluate thus obtained directly to the analytical instrument for calibration.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to photometric analysis apparatus of the type which uses disk-shaped rotors, in which the rotors are loaded automatically. In particular, the present invention relates to photometric analysis apparatus of the type which uses disk-shaped rotors, wherein it has a device for loading the rotors (3) onto analysis apparatus (5) automatically, the device comprising a hopper (2) for supplying the rotors, the hopper (2) comprising asymmetric means for locating the rotors (3) positively in the hopper.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an analytical test for evaluating the functionality of the thrombin/antithrombin system. In particular, the present invention relates to an analytical method for evaluating the functionality of the thrombin/antithrombin system, comprising the following steps:
(a) mixing a sample of plasma to be analyzed with an agent promoting the inhibitory activity of antithrombin; (b) adding a Factor II activating agent to the mixture produced in step (a); (c) measuring the time ta taken to convert the fibrinogen of the mixture produced in step (b) into fibrin.
Abstract:
A multicuvette rotor (10) which reduces unacceptable tendencies of reagent or a sample material to spontaneously move or "wick" from one chamber compartment (40) to the other (42), resulting in premature conmingling of reactants, and of sample or reagent material to flow out of one or more of the radially outer loading ports (18) during acceleration of the rotor for transfer of the sample or reagent material from inner chambers (40) to corresponding outer chambers (42). Cover member disc (14) has planar lower surface (50) on which is formed a radially extending guide channel (56) adjacent each outer loading port (18); and an array of perimeter energy director ridges (60), each of which extends about the perimeter of an individual cuvette (30).
Abstract:
Spontaneous aspecific coloration in so-called Trinder reagents which can alter subsequent colorimetric determinations is inhibited by adding compounds of the chelating agent class to the solution. The resultant compositions contain a peroxidase enzyme, a phenylpyrazone derivative, a compound of phenolic or aromatic amine structure and a stabilizer. Preferred stablizers are ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA).