Method for increasing capacity in an automatic clinical analyzer by using modular reagent delivery means
US7338803B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 18, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/119163
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automatic clinical analyzer in which the number of cuvette ports available for reaction vessels on a reaction carousel are 50% in a configuration using a single reagent storage areas; in a second configuration an additional reagent storage areas is employed and additional ones of the cuvette ports on reaction carousel are utilized, thereby significantly increasing throughput.
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