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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Horiba Abx Sas, Montpellier, FR;
Inventors:
Sylvain Andlauer, Le Crès, FR;
Florent Beauducel, Montpellier, FR;
Philippe Benezeth, Caissargues, FR;
Assignee:
HORIBA ABX SAS, Montpellier, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); G01N 35/0092 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0093 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00524 (2013.01); G01N 2035/1058 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for agitating and collecting biological liquid samples comprises an agitator of racks of tubes and a sampling apparatus capable of collecting a biological liquid sample in a tube. The device also comprises a scheduler arranged to specify an order of sampling from the tubes independently of the order in which the tubes are positioned in the respective racks and the order in which the racks are inserted into the device. The scheduler is arranged to control the agitator and the sampling apparatus to process the tubes in accordance with the sampling order.