English to German Medical Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) Patent

A test cartridge for use in a system and method that determines a coagulation test time of a biologic test sample...whereby a coagulation test time from the commencement of **sweeping** of the agitator vane until the detection of the reduction of the **sweeping** movement is determinable.

The agitator is formed of a ferromagnetic material whereby the agitator vane can be **swept**, in response to an external magnetic field, about the pivot point through the sample test unless impeded by coagulation; and wherein the **sweeping** means comprises means for generating a magnetic field that varies spatially with time about each test chamber that **sweeps** the agitator vane through the test sample about the pivat point.