System and method for aliquoting a biological sample
AssigneeBeckman Coulter, Inc.
InventorsManuel SICKERT, Martin MUELLER, Thomas KRAFCZYK
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Abstract
Summarizing the invention, a patient-sample-handling system is provided. The patient-sample-handling system comprises: an aliquoter unit comprising a dispenser, wherein the dispenser is configured to aspirate a sample volume from a primary sample container and to dispense at least part of the sample volume into a secondary sample container; and a labelling unit configured to affix a label to the secondary sample container; wherein the labelling unit is configured to accommodate the secondary sample container when the dispenser dispenses the at least part of the sample volume into the secondary sample container.
Claims15
A patient-sample-handling system comprising:
- an aliquoter unit comprising a dispenser, wherein the dispenser is configured to aspirate a sample volume from a primary sample container and to dispense at least part of the sample volume into a secondary sample container;
- and
- a labelling unit configured to affix a label to the secondary sample container;
- wherein:
- the labelling unit is configured to accommodate the secondary sample container when the dispenser dispenses the at least part of the sample volume into the secondary sample container.
The system of claim wherein the holder is configured to hold the secondary sample container such that:
- the secondary sample container is in a fixed position with respect to the holder, and the secondary sample container is rotatable on a longitudinal axis of the secondary sample container.
A method for handling a patient sample, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a labelling unit, a secondary sample container;
- affixing, by the labelling unit, a label to the secondary sample container;
- aspirating, by a dispenser of an aliquoter unit, a sample volume from the patient sample contained in a primary sample container;
- dispensing, by the dispenser, at least part of the sample volume into the secondary sample container while the secondary sample container is at the labelling unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.