Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Gmbh

Dade Behring Inc.

E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Lawrence D Huppman

Richard Grear Warwick

David R Thompson

Jay Mark Walters

Jeannine Marie Carrio

Jeffrey Kenneth Parmer

William David Dunfee

Mark Richard Lloyd

John Paul Mizzer

Allan Tit-Shing Chow

James Stephen Bailey

Thomas P Shields

Jeffery Kenneth Parmer

Richard Henry Carter, Jr

Michael P Marion

Timothy C Croce

Nathan A Small

Robert E Myers

Joseph Edward Brennan

Richard H Carter

David Russell Thompson

Disclosed are systems and apparatus adapted to control a temperature of a process fluid in an instrument. In one aspect, the systems and apparatus are adapted to control fluid temperature provided to a feed tank. The feed tank may feed a metering system and metering line of an instrument such as a clinical analyzer. The fluid temperature control system includes a process fluid inflow, a process fluid outflow, a first fluid path fluidly coupled to the process fluid inflow and outflow, and at least one heat exchanger thermally coupled to the first fluid path, wherein the heat exchanger is adapted to extract heat for at least one heat-generating component of the instrument. Controlling a temperature of the process fluid at the feed tank improves metering accuracy. Methods of operating the system are provided, as are other aspects.

Methods, systems, and apparatus providing temperature-controlled process fluid

A fluid handling system adapted to provide storage and supply of a number of liquid solutions to an automatic clinical analyzer having three different bottle-like containers, a collapsible plastic-metal-plastic pouch having a mouth-like opening, a fitment to be sealed within mouth-like opening a septum within the fitment, and open meal band or cap to seal the septum into the fitment.

Storage and supply system for clinical solutions used in an automatic analyzer

Clinical solution bottle portion

Aliquot holder

The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing a photosensitive element and, more particularly, for processing an aqueous developable photosensitive element which contains colorant. The apparatus comprises a a primary developing station for washing away most non-image portions from the element and a secondary developing station for washing away a remainder of the non-image portion. After the element is processed by the apparatus, the processed element forms a colored image on a support.

Apparatus for processing a photosensitive element

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Lawrence D Huppman