Multicell cuvette package, method of loading multicell cuvettes into a measurement instrument and a dispensing device for loading cuvettes

摘要

To assay different types of liquids in laboratories, automatic analyzers are used in which the liquids to be assayed are located in reaction vessels designed to perform simultaneously as cuvettes (4) of high optical quality. The present invention relates to a cuvette package (41), a method of loading multicell cuvettes (4) stored in such a package (41) into a measurement instrument and a dispensing device for loading multicell cuvettes (4) from said package (41) into measurement instruments having their cuvette loading accessories designed to accept prior-art packages. According to the invention, on top of a row of multicell cuvettes is attached a detachable bonding strip (1) of a width smaller than that of the width of the row of multicell cuvettes, said bonding strip serving to keep the row of cuvettes together during transport and being easily detachable when the cuvettes (4) are being loaded into the instrument. The multicell cuvettes (4) are loaded into the instrument from said dispensing device which supports the package (41) in place and has its top surface provided with an opening permitting the removal of the strip (1) by pulling off from the supported multicell cuvette package (41).