DESCRIPTION

Each capillary is secured within its own chamber and supported by a holding tray. This holding tray serves to contain glass shards and any leakage should a tube break. It is easy to clean and disposable in the case of glass breakage. The main area of application for hematocrit centrifuges is the determination of volume fraction of erythrocytes in blood. For this purpose, blood in hematocrit capillaries is centrifuged until maximum packed cell volume has been reached. Following centrifugation, the hematocrit value can be read using a special evaluation disc. Preparing blood for photometric determination of bilirubin content in plasma and centrifuging special capillaries for quantitative Buffy Coat Analysis are further areas of application for this special-purpose centrifuge.