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US 2023/0408538 A1Published application
Reaction vessel moving member for moving reaction vessels from a processing track to a rotating device in a diagnostic analzyer
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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A diagnostic analyzer comprising:
- first and second parallel lanes to carry reaction vessels;
- a first optical reader;
- a second optical reader;
- a disc having a first compartment and a second compartment, the disc disposed above the first and second parallel lanes;
- a lifting robot;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- control the lifting robot to move upward to move a first reaction vessel from the first parallel lane and into the first compartment and a second reaction vessel from the second parallel lane and into the second compartment;
- and
- control the disc to rotate to move the first compartment with the first reaction vessel into alignment with the first optical reader and the second compartment with the second reaction vessel into alignment with the second optical reader.
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A diagnostic analyzer comprising:
- an optical reader;
- a track having a slot to hold a reaction vessel;
- a turret above the track, the turret having a notch to receive the reaction vessel;
- and
- a lifting robot below the track, the lifting robot to move the reaction vessel from the track to the notch of the turret, and wherein the turret is to rotate to align the reaction vessel with the optical reader.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.