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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
David C Arnquist, The Colony, TX (US);
Grady Barnes, III, Grayslake, IL (US);
Richard D Button, Richardson, TX (US);
Chadwick M Dunn, McHenry, IL (US);
Richard C East, Jr, Dallas, TX (US);
Patrick P Fritchie, Southlake, TX (US);
Charles M Galitz, Kenosha, WI (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);
Robert P Luoma, II, Highland Village, TX (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);
Julius J Toth, Mundelein, IL (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
The embodiments disclosed relate to determination of an item of interest in a sample. In one method, a process path comprising a process lane including a process step performance lane where a process step is performed, and a process step avoidance lane where the process step is avoided is provided. A container holding the sample is moved along the process path. The sample is introduced to the container. A reagent is introduced to the container. The sample and the reagent are mixed in the container. The container is selectively positioned in a selected one of the process step performance lane and the process step avoidance lane. The item of interest in the sample is determined based upon a reaction between the sample and the reagent.