Technicon Instruments Corporation

Alfa Biotech S.p.a.

Ronald F Jay

John A Clements

Gordon C Forrest

Paul M Kemp

Incubation vessel support

Method and apparatus suitable for automatic assay of fluid samples, particularly immunoassays, in which a reaction product of the assay is bound to a magnetically attractable particle and separated from the reaction mixture by use of a magnetic trap. The method and apparatus are of especial use in radioimmunoassays carried out in an automated continuous-flow manner.

Automatic apparatus and method for the assay of fluid samples

Method and apparatus for fluid supply for a continuous-flow analysis system which apparatus includes conduit means passing a stream segmented by an immiscible fluid, and a tube having an inlet portion movable out of and into an operative position a distance within the conduit in an upstream direction and being of a cross-sectional dimension which does not occlude the conduit.

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Cobham, United Kingdom

Ronald F Jay