REACTION WELLS, ASSEMBLY THEREOF, IMMUNOASSAY APPARATUS AND METHOD USING SUCH WELL ASSEMBLIES

摘要

The invention mainly concerns reaction wells, and sets thereof for an automatic immunoassay apparatus, and an immunoassay apparatus as well as a method using such an assembly of wells. The method consists in producing a photometric detection of luminescence in a reaction mixture in a reaction well (28), the apparatus and/or the well blocking out the light to prevent the measurement from being distorted by light input. Advantageously, the sets of wells (26) of the invention are made of an opaque material. The invention is particularly useful for detecting the presence of a chemical or biological substance in a sample. It is mainly applicable for analysis and research in medicine.