Patent ID: 6719203
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
Cuvette control unit for controlling cuvettes by reading a first bar code affixed on said cuvette, said first bar code being comprised of at least one control code located on one of two opposite end portions of said first bar code, and at least one information code located between said opposite end portions, wherein said first bar code encodes a distinct value from among a plurality of possible values, said cuvette control unit comprising:a first reading means capable of reading said first bar code, the first reading means being operative to read said first bar code and being responsive to at least two different values of at least one said control code at one of said end portions, wherein said control code contains one of a start code and a stop code, and wherein the first reading means distinguishes among said at least two different values of said one of said start code and stop code when reading the first bar code; a cuvette identification information producing means responsive to the first reading means, the information producing means providing a cuvette identification code based on the information code and also based on which of said different values of the at least one control code is read by the first reading means when reading said first bar code affixed to said cuvette; and a memory means for storing said cuvette identification information corresponding to said cuvette identification code.