Abstract: A storage container for measuring vessels containing fluids to be tested, such as blood, blood plasma or the like; includes a housing having an interior space for accommodating the measuring vessels which are arranged within the housing in rows. The housing is formed with openings formed laterally outside a covering area of the vessels and includes a rear wall and a front wall which exhibits an ejection slot for extraction of the vessels. In order to allow a displacement of the rows of vessels toward the ejection slot, an ejector is insertable through the openings to act on a guide rail that extends between a rearmost row of vessels and the rear wall, to thereby move the guide rail and thus the vessels in direction toward the ejection slot.

Abstract: Apparatus for photometric analysis of the coagulation behavior of blood, blood plasma or like fluids includes a cuvette container with at least one receptacle for receiving a cuvette, with the receptacle having a lower end provided with a discharge opening which is downwardly continued by a well. Arranged in the receptacle is a leaf spring for retaining the cuvette in position during photometric analysis. After photometric measurement a further cuvette is inserted in the receptacle, with the previous cuvette being simultaneously ejected.

Abstract: A measuring vessel for containment of liquids to be tested such as blood, blood plasma or the like includes a rectangular well with an inlet opening at one end thereof and with another funnel-shaped end which is connected to a tubular member closed by a cylindrical bottom with an inwardly projecting central pin to define a track for a spherical body for allowing determination of the coagulation behavior of the liquid. The tubular member includes at least two parallel side faces which extend over nearly the entire length of the tubular member. A footing is fixed to the tubular member in elongation of each broadside of the well for enabling a secure placement of the measuring vessel.