MEASURING DEVICE FOR SEDIMENTATION VELOCITY OF BLOOD

摘要

A test kit is provided for measuring the erythrocyte sedimentation rate automatically in the original blood collection tube which is of a size and is so modified to be used for the resulting testing that no further blood transfer is required. The blood collection tube is evacuated to the desired level to obtain the desired quantity of blood to be collected and contains the proper quantity of anticoagulant. The test kit of the invention includes one or more tube-like slots (12) for maintaining the blood collection tubes (16) stable and in a vertical orientation for the testing procedure. Each slot includes a tube sleeve (14) vertically adjustable in each slot. Each sleeve includes an appropriate Westergren scale (15) which is moved with the sleeve to accommodate the positioning of the initial top level of the red blood cells in the sample.