Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Gmbh

Aaron Sung-Lien Tang

Kenneth P Galano

Michael Parker

Philip Martin Reavis, Jr

An automated analyzer for reagent cards having a leading end, a trailing end and a length between the leading end and the trailing end comprises a travel surface assembly having a card travel surface and an edge. A test analyzing mechanism is adjacent to the travel surface, and a waste receptacle is adjacent to the edge below the travel surface. The waste receptacle has a side and a waste cavity. A ramp member positioned below the travel surface has an end and a sloped surface, and is movable between an extended position where the sloped surface extends into the waste cavity, and a retracted position where the end is spaced from the side a distance greater than the length of the reagent card. A moving mechanism operably coupled with the ramp member is configured to move the ramp member between the extended position and the retracted position.

Method for assembling an automated analyzer, waste ramp, and waste receptacle for reagent cards

Method of transferring a reagent card from a card travel surface of an automated analyzer to a waste receptacle

Waste ramp for reagent cards

Diagnostic analyzer

Reagent card cassette

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Boston, MA, United States of America

Aaron Sung-Lien Tang