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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1995
Frederick L Clark, Plano, TX (US);
Kendall B Hendrick, Southlake, TX (US);
Richard R Martin, Irving, TX (US);
Larry W Moore, Plano, TX (US);
William J Raymoure, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Paul R Schrier, Carrollton, TX (US);
Edna S Walker, Chicago, IL (US);
Donny R Walker, Coppell, TX (US);
Gary E Winter, Hanover Park, IL (US);
Kevin M Cloonan, Round Lake, IL (US);
David A Yost, Poolesville, MD (US);
John M Clemens, Wadsworth, IL (US);
William J Kanewske, III, Dallas, TX (US);
Douglas D McDowell, Wildwood, IL (US);
Carl M Oleksak, Fort Worth, TX (US);
William D Rumbaugh, Carrollton, TX (US);
B Jane Smith, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
James A Vaught, Euless, TX (US);
Apparao Tayi, Grayslake, IL (US);
Robert A Wohlford, Irving, TX (US);
James E Mitchell, Lake Barrington, IL (US);
Robert B Hance, Evanston, IL (US);
Peter A Lagocki, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Richard A Merriam, Dallas, TX (US);
Charles D Pennington, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Linda S Schmidt, Mundelein, IL (US);
Adrian M Spronk, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Richard L Vickstrom, Algonquin, IL (US);
William E Watkins, III, Cedar Hill, TX (US);
Gilbert Clift, Mesquite, TX (US);
Alyn K Stanton, Barrington, IL (US);
David B Hills, Plano, TX (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for washing clinical apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus is a device for washing clinical apparatus, wherein the clinical apparatus is employed, at different times, to contain a first test substance during a first testing step and a second test substance during a second testing step subsequent to the first testing step. The apparatus comprises a device for supplying a wash solution to the apparatus, and for varying the quantity of the wash solution supplied to the apparatus. The apparatus further comprises a control unit for controlling the device for varying quantity to vary the quantity of the wash solution in proportion to the potential for contamination between the first test substance and the second test substance contained in the apparatus.