Patent · US Expired

Device for the automatic examination of blood samples

US5460779A · kind A · utility

7Cited by

40References

29Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Dade International, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael Kratzer · Munich, DE
Volker Freiherr Von Der Goltz · Seeon, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 1994
Grant date	Oct 24, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 26, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/114165
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention pertains to a device for the automatic examination of blood samples with one test station, in which blood is taken from a supply vessel and is fed through an aperture in a part held in an aperture holder. At least one test head is provided, to which is fed from a first magazine holder, supply vessels with blood, and from a second magazine holder, aperture holders are fed. After performance of at least one measurement on one aperture holder, the used aperture holder and the used supply vessel are removed from the test head and the test head is cleaned by a cleaning device.

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