Method for increasing throughput in an automatic clinical analyzer by duplicating reagent resources
US8038941B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/2575
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for maximizing analyzer throughput irregardless of the mix in demand of different assays to be conducted by duplicating the reagents required to conduct selected assays in at least two separate reagent servers and also enabling newly incoming selected assays to be conducted using reagents from whichever reagent server has the smaller backlog of such high-volume assays.
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