| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic measurement cartridge for use in an automatic measuring instrument, capable of being used for measuring plural types of analytical items contained in a sample, which require different dilutions, without substantially increasing the measurement time, even if these analytical items are measured simultaneously, with an instrument equipped with only the mechanisms which are simplified as much as possible. SOLUTION: A cartridge includes a diluting well, filled with a diluting solution in an amount sufficient for, when a predetermined amount of a sample is dispensed in the diluting well by a uniform operation, diluting the predetermined amount of the sample to a desired dilution that is selected depending on a component to be measured; and a reaction well, in which the component in the sample and a substance specifically reacting therewith are allowed to react. Plural types of components to be measured, contained in a sample, which require different dilutions, can be measured readily by dispensing in the cartridge, the sample containing the components by diluting the sample to a desired dilution on the cartridge, by making each of the components in the diluted sample react with a substance that specifically reacts therewith, and by measuring the amount of reaction product. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
