Biochemical analyzer
Abstract
Abstract PURPOSE:To automatically supply a separated serum to an analyzing element of an analysis slide by providing on the bottom of a blood container a means which opens when the centrifugal force by a fast rotation of a disc reaches a fixed value. CONSTITUTION:A holder retaining an analysis slide 2 and a blood container 3 is mounted to a disc and then, blood to be analyzed is injected into the blood container 3 as whole blood. Then, as the disc is driven at a high speed, in the blood injected into the blood container 3, serum is separated centrifugally close to the base inside the blood container 3 due to the difference in the specific gravity. With further acceleration thereof, a liquid passage blocking means 34 which has closed a serum withdrawal port 33 provided on the bottom surface of the blood container 3 is forced to open the withdrawal port with the action of an increased centrifugal force and thus, the serum previously separated in the blood container 3 is allowed to leak out and fed to the analysis slide 2.
Inventors
- 👤 Masashi Azuma
- 👤 我妻 将士
- 👤 Tsuneo Narushima
- 👤 鳴島 恒雄
- 👤 Mikio Kamiyama
- 👤 幹夫 神山
- 👤 Toshikazu Kawamoto
- 👤 河本 敏和
- 👤 Michitoshi Iwao
- 👤 道利 巖
- 👤 Takeshi Yoshikawa
- 👤 武 吉川
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