Patent
Open platform automated sample processing system
Brian Austin Self,Jonathan Matthew Miller,Carl Theodore Edens +2 more
- 12 Nov 2009
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TL;DR: In this article, an automated sample processing system has been proposed to simultaneously receive a number of sample containers, a reagent input adapted to receive one or more new reagent supplies, a consumable input adaptively receiving one or multiple consumable supplies, and a solid waste output adapted to use used consumable materials.
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Abstract: An automated sample processing system having a sample input adapted to simultaneously receive a number of sample containers, a reagent input adapted to receive one or more new reagent supplies, a consumable input adapted to receive one or more new consumable supplies, a solid waste output adapted to receive used consumable supplies, a liquid waste output adapted to receive one or more used reagent supplies, and a processing center. The processing center includes a decapper adapted to remove a lid from at least one sample container, an aspirator adapted to remove a specimen from the at least one sample container and transfer the specimen to an output vessel, and a capper adapted to replace the lid on the at least one sample container. The system also includes a sample output adapted to receive the output vessel, and a user interface adapted to receive an input from the user to indicate the identity of the at least one sample container, and control at least one operation based on a physical property of the at least one sample container.
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