Method and device for automatic chemical analysis
CA 2112587 A1 · Owner: Krogh, Ross · Inventors: Giter, Gershon; Choperena, Alfredo; Krogh, Ross
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The present invention provides an analyzer (10) which permits clinical analysis of samples for multiple analytes with a variety of assay protocols in a multiple chronology sequence while operating on a predetermined fixed length cycle method of timing control. In this analyzer assay resources (e.g. an incubator belt (54) a wash station (100), and a signal detection apparatus (140)) are assigned fixed operating sequences which begin and end within a time cycle of fixed duration. Samples may be transferred directly from one assay resource to another without unnecessarily occupying any unused resources. The invention also contemplates a method of analyzing samples consistent with use of this …
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- Filed May 4, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 4, 2013.
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