System for analyzing a liquid sample

An apparatus for analyzing a liquid sample, said apparatus comprising an analyzer and a collection device,

• wherein said analyzer comprises a casing, a housing, and a detection-and-analysis device,
• wherein said casing delimits an interior space,
• wherein said casing comprises an opening that leads into said housing,
• wherein said housing is adapted to receive a portion of said collection device,
• wherein said housing is disposed in said interior space,
• wherein said housing extends from said opening along an insertion axis,
• wherein said detection-and-analysis device is configured to detect and analyze a representative parameter of said liquid sample,
• wherein said collection device comprises a main body, a receiving surface, a chamber, and a collecting orifice,
• wherein said main body extends along a longitudinal axis from said receiving surface to said chamber and is adapted to be longitudinally inserted into said housing along said insertion axis,
• wherein, when said main body has been inserted into said housing, said longitudinal axis is parallel to said insertion axis,
• wherein, when said main body has been inserted into said housing, said receiving surface remains outside said housing to receive said liquid sample,
• wherein said receiving surface extends beyond an area of said main body and at least orthogonally to said longitudinal axis of said main body, and
• wherein said collection orifice provides fluid communication into said chamber along said longitudinal axis.