Patent 7585662 was granted and assigned to Bosch (company) on September, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A receptacle is provided for accommodating an analysis chip, which receptacle has openings in a housing having access to the analysis chip, which openings are protected from external influences by a movable protector, and for carrying out an analysis, a mechanism for moving the protector is provided such that an opening in the protector coincides with the receptacle openings.