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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2004
Peter Louis Gebrian, Wilmington, DE (US);
William Jackson Devlin, Sr., New London, PA (US);
Timothy Patrick Evers, Wilmington, DE (US);
Thai Huynh-ba, Newark, DE (US);
Peter Louis Gebrian, Wilmington, DE (US);
William Jackson Devlin, Sr., New London, PA (US);
Timothy Patrick Evers, Wilmington, DE (US);
Thai Huynh-Ba, Newark, DE (US);
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically determining whether a reagent container is new and unused or whether the reagent container has been previously used whenever reagent containers are initially placed onto an analyzer. Unused containers have a flag or lock-out member that can be dislodged or relocated by a moveable sensor probe when containers are placed onto the analyzer.