Patent ID: 6866640
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. An adaptor for use with a testing cartridge and a syringe to facilitate delivery of a fluid specimen from said syringe to said testing cartridge, said testing cartridge having a housing with top and bottom walls defining a thickness for said testing cartridge, said testing cartridge further having a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls extending between said too and bottom walls, said entry port of said testing cartridge extending through said top wall at a first distance from one said side wall and at a second distance from one said end wall, said adaptor comprising: a bottom wall, a positioning wall extending angularly from said bottom wall, a support wall cantilevered from said positioning wall and spaced from said bottom wall, a tapered tube connected to said support wall at a location spaced from said positioning wall, said tapered tube having an outlet end, an inlet end and a passage extending between said ends, said outlet end being spaced from said bottom wall, of said adaptor by a distance greater than the thickness of said testing cartridge and being spaced from said positioning wall by a distance substantially equal to said first distance, whereby said outlet end of said tapered tube substantially aligns with said entry port of said testing cartridge when said bottom wall and said positioning wall of said adaptor are engaged with said bottom wall and said side wall of said testing cartridge.