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US 2023/0146784 A1Published application
Compact clinical diagnostics system with planar sample transport
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
InventorsTim Use, Christoph Loetzsch
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Abstract
A clinical diagnostics system provides at least one biochemical analyzer and a track with one or more carriers for clinical samples, wherein the track and carriers are configured to effect carrier motion in a horizontal plane and the biochemical analyzer is arranged above the track and the one or more carriers.
Claims16
A clinical diagnostics system comprising:
- at least one analyzer;
- a track;
- and
- a plurality of carriers,
- wherein the track and carriers are configured to effect carrier motion in a horizontal plane, and
- at least one analyzer is arranged above the track and the carriers.
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A method for automated biochemical analysis comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a clinical diagnostics system comprising at least one analyzer and a track with a plurality of carriers, wherein the track and carriers are configured to effect carrier motion in a horizontal plane and at least one analyzer is arranged above the track and the carriers;
- (b) disposing at least one container with a clinical sample on the carriers;
- (c) registering the position and orientation of the at least one container relative to the clinical diagnostics system;
- (d) moving each carrier to a position wherein the at least one container is arranged underneath the analyzer;
- (e) transferring a clinical sample to the analyzer;
- and
- (f) performing biochemical analysis of the clinical sample.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.