Patent ID: 7906073
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. An analyzer comprising: a heater for heating a reagent fluid; a detector configured to interrogate a sample mixed with the reagent fluid which has been heated by the heater, wherein the heater and the detector are arranged at a distance therebetween; a flow path that runs over the distance between the heater and the detector for delivery of the heated reagent fluid from the heather to the detector; a fluid supplier configured to flow the heated reagent fluid in the flow path and the detector to adjust a temperature of the flow path and the detector with the heated reagent fluid flown therein; a first thermometer that measures a fluid temperature of the reagent fluid situated in at least one of the detector and the flow path; and a controller responsive to the measured fluid temperature to direct the fluid supplier to control a flow of the heated reagent fluid in the flow path and the detector in order to thereby make the detector thermally ready for accurate analysis.