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US 5,314,661 AGranted
Kit of test elements and liquid-bearing containers
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorPaul J. Mulqueen
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Abstract
A kit of slide-like articles that includes a stack of slide test elements and a separate stack of containers bearing a sealed liquid, the containers and test elements having substantially the same outside dimensions so that the containers are processable just like a slide test element. The seal of the container is penetratable by a pipette tip.
Claims6
A kit of slide articles for use in an analyzer, said kit comprising:
- a stack of slide test elements, each element comprising dried layers at least one of which comprises at least one reagent necessary to produce a detectable change in the presence of an analyte, and a frame around said layers;
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- a stack of sealed slide containers bearing a predetermined reagent liquid, said containers having substantially the same outside dimensions of width, length and thickness as said slide test elements so that said containers are processable in an analyzer just like a slide test element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.