APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A BODY FLUID

• Main Authors: ARBUCKLE, STEVEN, R, BOYD, WILLIAM, RONALD, JOST, FRIEDRICH, STOUGHTON, JOHN, W, RIEDEL, RICHARD, KENNEDY, DANIEL, L, GRANT, MICHAEL, E, GRAY, RUSSELL, T, STORVICK, DAVID, E, GREGORY, MARK, A, PERIN, DINO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.09.1992
• Subjects: GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TESTING

A method and apparatus (10) for determining the remission of a chemistry which reacts with a medically significant component of a body fluid is provided. The method and apparatus (10) includes irradiating the chemistry with a radiation source (160) and detecting the rate of change of remission of the chemistry (106) with respect to time. L'invention se rapporte à un procédé et à un dispositif (10) servant à déterminer l'atténuation d'un produit chimique créant une réaction avec un constituant d'un liquide biologique important sur le plan médical. Le procédé et le dispositif (10) comprennent l'irradiation du produit chimique au moyen d'une source de rayonnement (160) et la détection de la vitesse de changement de la rémission du produit chimique (106) en fonction de la durée.