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Abstract

Abstract DISPOSABLE REACTION CONTAINERS SUITABLE FOR USE WITH AUTOMATED ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS. THE DISPOSABLE CONTAINERS HAVE AT LEAST ONE LOWER COMPARTMENT FOR THE ADMIXING AND REACTION OF REAGENTS AND SAMPLE MATERIAL ADDED THERETO AND A STORAGE SECTION HAVING AT LEAST ONE, AND PREFERABLY A PLURALITY OF, REAGENT STORAGE CHAMBERS ADAPTED FOR COMMUNICATION WITH EACH REACTION COMPARTMENT. THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE SIDE WALLS OF EACH REACTION COMPARTMENT ARE POSITIONED SO THAT ALL MATERIAL ADDED TO EACH REACTION COMPARTMENT IS CHANNELED TO THE BOTTOM PORTION THEREOF. EACH REACTION COMPARTMENT HAS AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AND DEFINE AN OPTICAL WINDOW THROUGH WHICH OPTICAL ANALYSIS IS MADE. THE SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL SIDE WALLS ARE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER, IN ONE EMBODIMENT, BY SIDE WALL PORTIONS SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR THERETO AND, IN A FURTHER EMBODIMENT, BY CURVED WALL PORTIONS. THE BOTTOM WALL CAN BE FLAT OR OF A NON-PLANAR CONFIGURATION SUCH THAT, WHEN PROPERLY POSITIONED OVER AN ADJACENT ULTRASONIC MIXING MEANS, TABLETTED MATERIALS ADDED TO THE REACTION COMPARTMENT ARE EFFECTIVELY AGITATED UNTIL BROUGHT INTO SOLUTION.

Inventors

• 👤 Donald Leroy Johnston
• 👤 Vernon W Dryden
• 👤 John T Doyle

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