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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
David C Arnquist, The Colony, TX (US);
Grady Barnes, III, Grayslake, IL (US);
Chadwick M Dunn, McHenry, IL (US);
Richard C East, Jr, Dallas, TX (US);
Patrick P Fritchie, Southlake, TX (US);
Gregory E Gardner, Euless, TX (US);
Cass J Grandone, Southlake, TX (US);
Robert C Gray, Gurnee, IL (US);
James T Holen, Mundelein, IL (US);
Jimmy D McCoy, Keller, TX (US);
James E Mitchell, Windham, NH (US);
Adrian John Murray, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
David W Murray, Allen, TX (US);
Jack F Ramsey, Grayslake, IL (US);
Neal T Sleszynski, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide methods of performing a process for determining an item of interest in a sample. In one embodiment, a container for holding the sample is accepted in a process lane where a process step is selectively automatically performed on the sample in the container. The process step is selectively automatically performed on the sample in the container. An effective length of the process lane is maintained constant while a physical length of the process lane is selectively varied.