METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVELY DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF HEMOGLOBIN IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE

摘要

A method of quantitatively determining the level of hemoglobin in a biological material which includes the steps of preparing a test sample of the biological material, converting the heme portion of the hemoglobin in the test sample to porphyrin, assaying the fluorescence of the converted porphyrin and comparing the flourescence of the converted porphyrin to a standard. The invention also relates to an apparatus for performing the above method and a sampler device for collecting and preparing a test sample of the biological material.