Patent ID: 9261455
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A61B,B01L,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A capillary microcuvette for optical analysis of a sample, the microcuvette comprising: a body member comprising two planar plates; and a cavity formed within the body member, wherein the cavity is defined by the two opposing inner surfaces of the plates of the body member, and a portion of the cavity defines a detection zone, wherein the body member comprises an end portion, a capillary inlet provided at the end portion to be communicated with the cavity, and a sample slot provided at a portion of the body member in which the capillary inlet is not formed, the sample slot being communicated with the cavity, wherein at least one of the two opposing inner surfaces of the plates inwardly protrudes whereby a gap of the cavity in a direction perpendicular to the two plates at the detection zone is narrower than a gap of the cavity in the direction perpendicular to the two plates in the rest of the cavity.