Abstract: The present invention relates to long shelf life milk or milk-related products as well as to a method for producing such long shelf life products and a milk processing plant for the implementation of the method. The method of the invention is characterised by the combination of physical separation of microorganisms and a high temperature treatment for at most 200 msec, and the resulting product has been found to have advantageous properties.

Abstract: New apparatus for measuring parameters such as pH, pCO.sub.2, pO.sub.2, and Hb content of physiological fluids, especially blood, is described. The apparatus comprises novel means for suspending reagent vessels (34, 35, 40, 45, 50) having shoulders (51, 52) and containing calibrating solutions, rinsing solutions etc., as well as for suspending a liquid waste vessel (26) by suspending the vessels between rods (53, 54) fed to the analyser. The reagent vessels are provided with caps (55, 58) at the top and include liquid reagent conduit extending from the outlet aperture of the cap down into the liquid. When the vessel is mounted on the analyser a fixed inlet tube extending horizontally outwardly from the analyser penetrates a seal across the outlet aperture and connects with the liquid reagent conduit.

Abstract: New apparatus for measuring parameters such as pH, pCO.sub.2, pO.sub.2, and Hb content of physiological fluids, especially blood, is described. The apparatus comprises novel means for suspending reagent vessels (34, 35, 40, 45, 50) having shoulders (51, 52) and containing calibrating solutions, rinsing solutions etc., as well as for suspending a liquid waste vessel (26) by suspending the vessels between rods (53, 54) fed to the analyser. The reagent vessels are provided with caps (55, 58) at the top and include liquid reagent conduit extending from the outlet aperture of the cap down into the liquid. When the vessel is mounted on the analyser a fixed inlet tube extending horizontally outwardly from the analyser penetrates a seal across the outlet aperture and connects with the liquid reagent conduit.

Abstract: A blood sampling device (10), in particular intended for arterial blood sampling and blood gas analysis, is disclosed. The sampling device is provided with valve means which in the dry state permits expulsion of gas from the sampler reservoir (18), but which automatically closes on contact with blood. The valve means comprises two mating surfaces (21, 26) retained apart by an interlayer of a porous or fluffy fibrous material (22), which collapses on contact with a liquid.