Patent ID: 6195158
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: G01F,G01N

Abstract:
An apparatus for monitoring a specimen before said specimen is presented for clinical analysis, said apparatus comprised of:a) means for holding a specimen container wherein said means and said container have a longitudinal axis;b) a first radiation source comprising a linear array of LEDs disposed along one side of said axis of said container, said first radiation source disposed to direct radiation at said specimen, and a first radiation detector disposed to allow collection of transmitted or reflected radiation from said specimen, said first radiation detector comprising an array of detectors an the opposite side of said container, corresponding to said array of LEDs;c) electrical means to couple said first radiation source to an electronic driver;d) electrical means to couple said first radiation detector to a computing means which analyzes output from said detector for determination of at least one parameter about, said specimen;e) means to position said container in said axis of said holder based on results from said analysis;f) a second radiation source comprising a spectrophotometer;g) means to transmit radiation from said second radiation source to said specimen;h) means to spectrophotometrically detect transmitted or reflected radiation from said specimen; andi) means for correlating said detected radiation to determine one or more of the concentration of at least one interferent, specimen type, and specimen temperature of said specimen.