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US 4,976,923 AGranted
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AssigneeRhode Island Hospital
InventorsMilton H. Lipsky, Andrew Rosner
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Abstract
A fluid testing apparatus including a specimen cup and a cover having a reagent portion which is color sensitive to an analytical characteristic.
Claims3
A fluid testing apparatus comprising:
- a specimen cup for receiving a fluid specimen therein,
- a cover assembly which is receivable and securable in covering relation on said specimen cup so that it cooperates therewith to define an enclosed area,
- said cover assembly further including an isolation chamber formed therein for containing a reagent portion,
- said isolation chamber depending from said cover assembly so that said isolation chamber is located in said enclosed area when said cover assembly is received on said specimen cup,
- said isolation chamber including a peripheral sidewall portion having a plurality of preformed apertures therein which open into an interior isolation area, and
- said reagent portion being disposed in said interior isolation area and being color sensitive to a predetermined analytical characteristic for testing said fluid specimen once the latter has passed through said apertures into said interior isolation area.
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