Patent ID: 9164111
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A device for preparing a fluid sample for analysis comprising: a body an analyzer coupled to the body and operable to rotate the body; an inlet port defined in the body at a center of the body; a plurality of reagent wells defined in the body, each reagent well containing at least one reagent, the plurality of reagent wells disposed within the same horizontal plane, the plurality of reagent wells each in fluid communication with the inlet port; a plurality of reagent channels defined in the body, wherein the reagent channels extend between the reagent wells and the inlet port such that the sample is divided into a plurality of sub-samples; a plurality of optical channels defined in the body, the optical channels all disposed within the same horizontal plane; a plurality of optical wells defined in the body, wherein one optical channel connects each optical well to at least one reagent well, and wherein the plurality of optical wells is within the same horizontal plane as the reagent wells, and wherein the optical wells are disposed in the same horizontal plane; an alignment notch defined in the body; a plurality of waste channels defined in the body; and a waste well defined in the body, wherein the waste well channels extend between the optical wells and the waste wells, wherein the inlet port is connected to a line for receiving pressure from the line through the inlet port to move the sample through the reagent channels to the reagent wells and through the optical channels from the reagent wells to the optical wells.