Sample measuring method, cartridge, and sample measuring device
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorsKohei Oda, Hironori Katsumi, Yoshinori Nakamura
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Abstract
A sample measuring device reduces the frequency with which a user introduces a measurement aid into the sample measuring device is provided. A sample measuring method measures a sample using a container containing a measurement aid which is a solid. The sample measuring method includes loading a predetermined number of measurement aids into a container from a storage chamber in which a plurality of measurement aids are movably stored in a cartridge attached to a sample measuring device, dispensing the sample into the container, and measuring the sample in the container into which the measurement aid has been loaded.
Claims20
A method of a platelet aggregation test for a blood sample using a container and a cylindrical-shaped stirrer made of a solid material, the method comprising:
- loading the stirrer into the container from a cartridge provided with a storage chamber in which a plurality of the stirrers are movably stored, the cartridge being attached to a sample measuring device;
- dispensing the blood sample into the container;
- and
- measuring the blood sample in the container into which the stirrer has been loaded,
- wherein in the measuring the blood sample, the blood sample in the container is measured while being stirred by the stirrer.
A cartridge detachably installed to a sample measuring device operable to measure a blood sample using a container and a measurement aid made of a solid material, the cartridge comprising:
- a plurality of the measurement aids;
- a cartridge body provided with (i) a storage chamber in which the plurality of measurement aids is stored and (ii) a discharge chamber communicating with the storage chamber and having a discharge outlet shaped to allow the measurement aid to be discharged from the storage chamber;
- and
- an attaching/detaching part configured to allow the cartridge body to be attached/detached to/from the sample measuring device,
- wherein the discharge chamber has dimensions to store a predetermined number of measurement aids,
- wherein the discharge chamber is positioned higher than the storage chamber when attached to the sample measuring device.
A cartridge detachably installed to a sample measuring device operable to measure a blood sample using a container and a measurement aid made of a solid material, the cartridge comprising:
- a plurality of the measurement aids;
- a cartridge body provided with (i) a storage chamber in which the plurality of measurement aids is stored and (ii) a discharge chamber communicating with the storage chamber and having a discharge outlet shaped to allow the measurement aid to be discharged from the storage chamber;
- and
- an attaching/detaching part configured to allow the cartridge body to be attached/detached to/from the sample measuring device,
- wherein the cartridge body further comprises:
- an inclined surface that gradually rises from a bottom surface of the storage chamber toward a bottom surface of the discharge chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.