Increasing throughput in an automatic clinical analyzer by partitioning assays according to type
US7015042B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 17, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/2575
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A clinical analyzer where incoming samples are partitioned into groups in accord with the length of time required for the assay to be completed or in accord with the pattern of reagent addition(s) taken with length of time required for the assay to be completed. Medium length time assays are completed, removed from a reaction carousel and replaced by shorter length time assays during a single operational cycle in which longer length assays are also completed.
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