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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rodney S Markin, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436 47 ; 422 65 ; 422 67 ; 436 48 ; 436 50 ; 436 55 ;
Abstract
A method for automatic testing of a laboratory specimen includes the initial step of obtaining a specimen to be tested and placing the specimen in a specimen container. The container is removably mounted in an independent carrier designed to carry an individual specimen through a laboratory to one or more of a plurality of work stations, where a predetermined test will be performed on the specimen. Once the test has been performed, the carrier is moved to another work station based on the result of the first test and then to an archiving station for storage of the specimen.