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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Brian L. Ochranek, Abbott Park, IL (US);
David C. Arnquist, Abbott Park, IL;
Takehiko Oonuma, Otawara, JP;
Hirotoshi Tahara, Otawara, JP;
Naoto Sato, Otawara, JP;
Bradley P. Smith, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
Example apparatus and methods related to automated diagnostic analyzers having rear accessible track systems. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes an analyzer to perform a diagnostic test, the analyzer having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The example apparatus includes a loading bay disposed on the first side of the analyzer to receive a first carrier and a pipetting mechanism coupled to the analyzer adjacent the second side. The example apparatus also includes a first carrier shuttle to transport the first carrier from a first location adjacent the loading bay to a second location adjacent the pipetting mechanism and a track disposed adjacent the second side of the analyzer to transfer a second carrier to a third location adjacent the pipetting mechanism.