Patent ID: 9188473
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G01F,G01N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for detecting the level of the different phases present in at least one tube that is at least partially transparent and configured for automated filling of at least one analysis container in an automated analysis system, the apparatus comprising: displacement means for displacing the at least one tube in a known movement of said optical reader along the at least one tube; and data recording means showing the vertical position of at least one phase change within the content of the at least one tube, wherein the apparatus measures, along said displacing, the variation in wavelength of a light reflected off the content of said tube so as to identify a vertical position of a color difference produced by the at least one phase change in the at least one tube, and wherein the apparatus is equipped with a fixing portion arranged according to the microplate format so as to allow the automated analysis system to grip and handle the apparatus instead of a container with the microplate format.