Patent ID: 11906531
Assignee: CALMARK SWEDEN AB
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC A  B  C  G

Claim 7:
8. A detector assembly for use in the detection of a biomarker in a sample of a flowable substance, the detector assembly comprising:
a receiver body shaped to define a receiving chamber having an inlet opening through which the flowable substance can enter the receiving chamber and the receiving chamber further a having an outlet opening through which a flowable substance can leave the receiving chamber when the outlet opening is not blocked;
a detector, which is located in the detector assembly, the receiving chamber having a maximum capacity for holding a volume of the flowable substance when the outlet opening is blocked;
a guide for the receiver body, which guide is shaped to cooperate with the receiver body such that the receiver body is configured to move relative to the guide in a movement from a first position in which the outlet opening is blocked to a second position in which the outlet opening is not blocked, the path of which movement is determined by cooperating surfaces of the guide and the receiver body; and
a cover which cover is connected to the guide in such a way that the guide and the cover are in predefined, preferably fixed, positions relative to each other, wherein the receiver body is in contact with the cover at least when the receiver body is in its first position, and which cover is further shaped to define an opening that can be made to at least partially coincide with the inlet opening of the receiving chamber when the receiver body is in the first position and which opening in the cover is limited by a circumferential wall that forms an extension of the receiving chamber when the receiver body is in its first position such that the receiving chamber and the opening in the cover can cooperate to hold a quantity of the flowable substance that exceeds the maximum capacity of the receiving chamber itself when the receiver body is in its first position,
wherein: the detector is located in the detector assembly in a position that is adjacent the outlet opening of the receiving chamber when the receiver body is in its second position,
the detector assembly further comprises members having surfaces configured to block the outlet and the inlet, respectively, in the path of travel of the receiver body between the first position and the second position.