AUTOMATIC MEASURING CARTRIDGE AND MESURING METHOD USING IT

摘要

An automatic measuring cartridge used for an automatic measuring device, specifically, a cartridge capable of being used for measuring a plurality of kinds of items for analyzing having different dilutions in a sample without substantially increasing a measuring time even when these items are measured concurrently in a device mounting thereon only mechanisms simplified as much as possibloe, and a measuring method using this cartridge. A sample containing components to be measured is dispensed into a cartridge having a diluting well for diluting the sample to a desired dilution and a reaction well for allowing the components to be measured in the sample to react with a substance specifically reacting with the components, the sample is diluted to a desired dilution on the cartridge, the components to be measured in the diluted sample are reacted with the substance specifically reacting with them, and the amounts of the reaction products are measured, whereby the plurality of kinds of components to be measured contained in the sample and having different dilutions can be measured simply.