Patent ID: 9279757
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G01N

Claim Text:
1. A blood measuring apparatus comprising: a first chamber which includes a first wall provided with an aperture and in which diluted blood is contained; a second chamber which includes the first wall, a second wall opposed to the first wall and a peripheral wall and in which diluting solution is contained, the first and second chambers communicating with each other through the aperture; first and second electrodes which are disposed in the first and second chambers, respectively; a measuring unit which performs a blood measurement by causing a current to flow between the first and second electrodes; a diluting solution supplying unit which supplies diluting solution along a part of the peripheral wall which is adjacent to a peripheral edge of the first wall; and a sucking unit which sucks the diluting solution from the second wall, wherein the diluting solution supplying unit supplies the diluting solution to generate a swirling flow, the swirling flow swirls so as to surround the diluted blood flowing into the second chamber, and the swirling flow swirls about an axis extending from the first wall to the second wall.