Patent ID: 8753890
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: B01F,B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An analysis cartridge for a biological fluid sample, comprising: a housing having a channel and an analysis chamber, wherein the channel is in fluid communication with the analysis chamber, and the channel includes at least one hydrophobic interior wall surface, wherein the analysis chamber includes a pair of panels configured to receive a fluid sample there between for image analysis, at least one of which panels is transparent; at least one anti-adsorption agent provided with the housing in a manner such that it can be admixed with fluid sample at the time the sample is deposited in the housing, or subsequently during passage within the housing, wherein the anti-adsorption agent is miscible with the fluid sample and is operable to inhibit adsorption of the sample onto an interior wall surface of the channel, and the anti-adsorption agent is disposed within the housing such that fluid sample received within the analysis chamber is mixed with the anti-adsorption agent; and a deposit of a mixture of a dye and dissolution additive, which mixture is disposed within the housing in a manner such that it can be admixed with fluid sample at the time the sample is deposited in the housing, or subsequently during passage within the housing, or both, wherein the dye and dissolution additive mixture is premixed prior to being disposed within the housing and which mixture is miscible with the fluid sample.