Patent ID: 6929953
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for testing a sample of biologic fluid, comprising the steps of: providing a container for holding the sample, said container having a chamber with a first wall and a transparent second wall, one or more features operable to enable the testing of the biologic fluid sample at least one of which is located at a known spatial location within said chamber, and a label attached to said container, said label containing information which is used in the performance of one or more tests, wherein said information includes said known spatial location of said feature; providing a reader module that includes a label reader for reading said label and a field illuminator for selectively illuminating one or more fields of the sample, each sample field having a known or ascertainable area; depositing said sample within said chamber, wherein said sample quiescently resides in said chamber thereafter during the testing; reading said label with said label reader, thereby communicating to said reader module said information which is used in the performance of said one or more tests, including said known spatial location of said feature; and selectively imaging one or more of said fields of the sample using said field illuminator, including said field of the sample in which said feature is disposed at said known spatial location within said chamber.