Patent ID: 6589790
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for filling, with a liquid medium, an analysis card comprising a body in which at least one reading cavity is formed, an orifice communicating with said cavity via at least one internal channel, an external conduit having one end in communication with said orifice and a free end, and a means for closing and opening the external conduit, wherein gas contained in the card is evacuated via said external conduit and the liquid medium is introduced into the evacuated card by immersion of the free end of said external conduit in the liquid medium, said method comprising, in succession:to evacuate the gas contained in the analysis card, connecting the free end of the open external conduit in a leaktight manner directly to an evacuation means, outside the liquid medium; closing the external conduit in order to maintain negative pressure in the analysis card; immersing the free end of the closed external conduit in the liquid medium; and opening the external conduit, after immersion of said free end, in order to aspirate the liquid medium into the analysis card.