Abstract:
An apparatus for operating a liquid dispensing syringe in successive discrete equal forward strokes to thereby dispense corresponding equal successive amounts of liquid. The apparatus consists of a support in which the syringe is clamped in alignment with an actuating rod. The end of the rod is connected to the syringe plunger. The rod is connected through a unidirectional ball and cone coupling assembly and a coupling bar to the piston rod of an air-operated cylinder assembly arranged parallel to the actuating rod. The coupling bar extends through a yoke on which is mounted a micrometer for accurately establishing the reset position of the coupling bar, and thereby setting the length of the dispensing stroke of the syringe plunger.
Abstract:
A dual wavelength photometer for measuring the oxygenation characteristics of blood. Light is passed through two different filters on a rotating time-sharing wheel, one filter providing a reference wave length at which there is substantially no absorbance change as between oxygenated and deoxygenated blood, the other filter providing a wavelength at which there is maximum absorbance change. The two wavelengths are sequentially passed through a cuvette containing deoxygenated blood being treated at controlled rates with an oxygenating reagent and changes in absorbance are detected by a photomultiplier which generates corresponding signals. A time-shared difference-measuring circuit, synchronized with the rotating wheel, receives the signals and derives a resultant absorbance difference signal which is delivered to a recorder. The trace provided by the recorder shows the change in absorbance-difference with time as blood oxygenation proceeds.