Patent ID: 7202945

Claim:
A device for determining parameters of fluid-containing samples, the device being implemented to be introduced into a system for individually irradiating the samples with light of a light source, which emits light in a direction of an optical axis of the light source that extends in a substantially vertical direction, the system including a detector for measuring the light coming from a single sample, and the detector having a detection direction that lies on an optical axis, which is substantially parallel to the optical axis of the light source, the device at least one reflective surface implemented to deflect the light of the light source into a substantially horizontal irradiation direction for irradiating the sample, wherein the detection direction of the detector being positioned offset to the optical axis of the light source in such a way that only the light coming from the individual sample, but not the light emitted by the light source or deflected by the reflective surface, reaches the detector, and wherein the system includes a substantially horizontal carrier with an opening for microplates, and wherein the device is implemented as one of the microplates.