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Carrier transporting apparatus and carrier container for use in an immunological analysis

US4937048A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 1984
Grant dateJun 26, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2035/00574
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A carrier transporting apparatus for use in an automatic chemical analyzer for measuring given substances in samples in accordance with an enzyme-immuno-assay includes a carrier supply device for supplying the predetermined number of carriers from a carrier container into successive reaction vessels and a carrier discharge device for discharging the carriers from the reaction vessels, in a simple and accurate manner. Moreover, the carrier container from which the carriers can be put out one by one in an accurate manner is also disclosed.

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