Patent ID: 8247191

Claim:
A disposable cassette for blood analysis comprising: (a) a housing having an upper panel with a sampling section having a filling inlet; (b) at least one pair of chambers in a form of depression of said upper panel of said housing and sealed by a diaphragm; portions of said diaphragm over said chambers being flexible; and one or more channels adapted to interconnect said pair of chambers; one of said chambers containing a predetermined amount of a reagent for said blood analysis; (c) a sample outlet disposed next to and connected to said chamber containing said reagent, said sample outlet comprising an outlet cavity recessed from said upper panel, a divider disposed therein, and a cover covering said outlet cavity; said sample outlet sealing said reagent to said chamber containing said reagent; and (d) a sampling sled fastened to a lower side of said upper panel in said sampling section, slidable between a filling position and a flushing position; said sampling sled comprising a flat upper surface and a sampling cavity in a form of recess on said flat upper surface; when in said filling position, said sampling cavity being in fluid communication with said filling inlet, and when in said flushing position, said sampling cavity being in fluid communication with said one or more channels adapted to interconnect said pair of chambers.