Patent ID: 9561001
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01N,H05K

Claim:
1. A fluid handling system for use in bodily fluid analysis, said system comprising: a first fluid handling module configured to interface with a main instrument having an optical sensor, said first fluid handling module having: a second fluid handling module configured to interface with said main instrument, said second fluid handling module having a second frame or housing, one or more fluid passageways supported by the second frame or housing, and at least one sample cell that is accessible via said one or more fluid passageways, wherein said second fluid handling module further comprises a fluid component separator accessible via said one or more fluid passageways, wherein said fluid component separator comprises a centrifuge rotor, wherein the fluid component separator is configured to separate a fluid sample into a plurality of components and position one or more of the components in the sample cell so that the optical sensor can measure an analyte in the one or more components; wherein said first and second modules are configured to interconnect and provide fluid communication between said fluid handling network and said sample cell.