Indentification test device in a random access microbiological analyzer
US6653122B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 24, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/1076
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A circular shaped rotor to facilitate automated identification testing of microorganisms in a microbiology analyzer having two circular arrays of microwells downwardly projecting from the top of the rotor connected to a recessed central region by a plurality of microchannels formed in the upper surface and connecting the recessed central portion to the second plurality of microwells; the rotor is further adapted to be rotated by a source of rotational energy and moved throughout the analyzer using troughs formed near its outer diameter.
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