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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Rolf Frey, Ebikon, CH;
Gottlieb Schacher, Kriens, CH;
Rolf Frey, Ebikon, CH;
Gottlieb Schacher, Kriens, CH;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
An automated instrument and process for processing samples is presented. The instrument comprises a sampling area for receiving samples and reaction vessels; an analytical area with a first device resource comprising at least one analyzer; a reaction area comprising a conveyor for reagent containers; an incubator; a second device resource comprising first functional devices, the first functional devices having access to the sampling area and the incubator such as to transfer reaction vessels from the sampling area to the incubator and/or to pipette samples and/or reagents into the reaction vessels; a third device resource comprising second functional devices, the second functional devices having access to the incubator and the analytical area such as to transfer the reaction vessels from the incubator to the analytical area and/or to dispense liquids or withdraw liquids from the reaction vessels.