Patent ID: 7481787
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: A61B,A61M,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fluid handling module configured for removable engagement with a reusable main fluid handling instrument, said module comprising: a module housing; a first fluid passageway extending from said module housing, said first fluid passageway having a patient end remote from said housing, said first fluid passageway configured to provide fluid communication with a bodily fluid in a patient; a fluid component separator in fluid communication with said first fluid passageway, said fluid component separator configured to be rotated about an axis of rotation to separate at least a first component of said bodily fluid from a second component of said bodily fluid drawn from said patient; a spectroscopic sample cell disposed on said fluid component separator; a spectroscopic sample chamber operatively coupled to the sample cell, the spectroscopic sample chamber comprising an analysis region for containing the first component of said bodily fluid and a non-analysis region for containing the second component of said bodily fluid, the analysis region being located between the axis of rotation and the non-analysis region; and a source of flush fluid in fluid communication with said spectroscopic sample chamber, the source of flush fluid being adapted displace the first and second components out of the spectroscopic sample chamber to permit a plurality of samples of the bodily fluid to be analyzed.