Device for supplying blood tubes to a whole blood analyser
US7858032B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 28, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/114998
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device including a pre-analytical module provided with at least one tube stirrer for homogenizing blood and preventing clot formation and disposed on a line for single-tube transfer between an area for storing analyzable tubes, and at least one unitary operating whole blood analyzer and automatic tube-loading/unloading device arranged between the tube stirrer and the single-tube transfer line. The device is suitable for blood analyzers.
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