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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
ABX Parc Euromedecine, Montpellier, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ; G01N 3/300 ; G01N 3/100 ; B01L 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ; G01N 3/300 ; G01N 3/100 ; B01L 3/02 ;
Abstract
A device for processing samples of blood products contained in tubes ( ) closed by bungs ( ) and loaded into cassettes ( ), includes transfer component ( ) designed to individually move the cassettes ( ) on a pre-determined path, agitation component ( ) having at least one pick-up mechanism ( ) capable of being actuated by driving component ( ) to pick up at least one selected tube ( ) from a cassette ( ) immobilised on the path, to move said tube away from the cassette, to agitate the tube and replace it in the cassette, and sampling component ( ) designed to draw off a given sample quantity from the pre-agitated tube which has been replaced in the cassette.