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US 12,210,029 B2Granted
Reaction vessel moving member for moving reaction vessels from a processing track to a rotating device in a diagnostic analyzer
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorRobert Luoma
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Abstract
A diagnostic analyzer includes a rotating device, a first optical reader, and a second optical reader. The rotating device includes a first darkened compartment, a second darkened compartment, and an optical path along which the first darkened compartment and the second darkened compartment travel. The first optical reader is operable to read the first darkened compartment and the second optical reader is operable to read the second darkened compartment.
Claims20
A diagnostic analyzer comprising:
- a processing track having a plurality of slots to carry reaction vessels;
- and
- a detection device including:
- a first optical reader;
- a second optical reader;
- and
- a turret including a first compartment and a second compartment, the turret rotatable between a first position in which the first compartment receives a first reaction vessel from the processing track and the second compartment receives a second reaction vessel from the processing track, and a second position in which the first compartment with the first reaction vessel is aligned with the first optical reader and the second compartment with the second reaction vessel is aligned with the second optical reader.
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