Automatic clinical sample dispensing system
US5348705A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 23, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/2575
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Sample numbers, which are encoded information about samples including a body fluid and contained in original containers, are affixed to the original containers. The test system memorizes the sample number including a rack number attached to each original container rack and coordinates of each original container in the original container rack. Then, it determines whether or not a sample in the original containers should be dispensed in each dispensing container set in the dispensing container rack using the pre-dispensing sample positional information including a rack number attached to each original container rack and coordinates of each original container in the original container rack, as a key. Based on the determination, an automatic dispensing machine dispense a to-be-dispensed sample into an associated one of the dispensing containers, and memorizes the sample numbers in association with post-dispensing sample positional information including a rack number affixed to the dispensing container rack where sample-dispensed dispensing containers are set and coordinates of the dispensing containers in the dispensing container rack. The sample number may have a mark obtained by simp…
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