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(11) EP 0 843 544 A2

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(43) Date of publication:
27.05.1998 Bulletin 1998/22

(21) Application number: 96914330.0

(22) Date of filing: 21.05.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61J 1/ 10( . )
C12Q 1/ 68( . )
B01L 3/ 00( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB1996/001217
(87) International publication number:
WO 1996/037177 (28.11.1996 Gazette 1996/52)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB IT NL SE

(30) Priority: 22.05.1995 GB 19950010262

(71) Applicant: THE NATIONAL BLOOD AUTHORITY
Watford, Hertfordshire WD1 1HQ (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • RIDER, Janet, Rosemary
    Bristol BS17 6NQ (GB)
  • CHANEY, Robert, Blanchard
    Clifton, Bristol BS8 4EN (GB)

(74) Representative: Nash, David Allan 
Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway
London WC2B 6UD
London WC2B 6UD (GB)

   


(54) APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CONTAMINANT IN A FLUID