Device and method for separating a liquid component of a blood sample, and analyzer apparatus comprising such a device

摘要

A device for separating and collecting a liquid component of a blood sample. The device comprises(a) a container body (11, 41) having a symmetry axis (13, 43) and consisting of(a.1) an upper portion (14, 44) having a cylindrical side wall (15, 45), and an upper opening (16, 46), and(a.2) a lower portion (17, 47) having a bottom region (18, 48) and a bottom wall (19, 49), and(c) a porous material (24, 84) arranged within said container body (11), the outer surface of said porous material (24, 84) being in contact with and covering at least partially the inner surface of said cylindrical side wall (15, 85), said porous material (24, 84) being suitable for retaining non-liquid components (32) of said blood sample (31).