Corrosion resistant cuvette adapter
AssigneeWyatt Technology Corporation
InventorsRyan Patrick McGuan, Howard Friedenberg, Siddharth Sood
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Abstract
Disclosed is a cuvette adapter that includes a body with a chamber for receiving a cuvette and a plurality of openings on an exterior of the body. A plurality of disks are plated with a corrosion-resistant material, and each respective disk of the plurality of disks is positioned in a respective opening of the plurality of openings on the exterior of the body. The disks are configured for providing electrical contact between the cuvette adapter and a light scattering instrument. A system and method for detecting a cuvette adapter are also disclosed.
Claims20
A cuvette adapter, comprising:
- a body, the body having a chamber for receiving a cuvette and a plurality of openings on an exterior of the body;
- and
- a plurality of disks plated with a corrosion-resistant material, wherein each respective disk of the plurality of disks is positioned in a respective opening of the plurality of openings on the exterior of the body;
- wherein the disks are configured for providing electrical contact between the cuvette adapter and a light scattering instrument.
A system, comprising:
- a light scattering instrument having a receptacle and an electric contact proximate the receptacle;
- a cuvette adapter configured to be positioned within the receptacle, the cuvette adapter having a body with a chamber for receiving a cuvette, a first opening on the body, a second opening on the body, a first disk positioned in the first opening, and a second disk positioned within the second opening, wherein the first disk and the second disk are configured to contact the electric contact of the light scattering instrument.
A method of detecting a cuvette adapter, comprising:
- providing a light scattering instrument having a receptacle and an electric contact proximate the receptacle;
- providing a cuvette adapter, the cuvette adapter having a body with a chamber for receiving a cuvette, a first opening on the body, a second opening on the body, a first disk positioned in the first opening, and a second disk positioned within the second opening;
- positioning the cuvette adapter within the receptacle, such that the first disk and the second disk contact the electric contact;
- and
- detecting the cuvette adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.