Analytical appliance cartridge with retrieval mechanism, and set of the cartridge and analyzer
First Claim
1. An analytical tool cartridge comprising:
- a case including a storage space and a retrieval port that communicates the storage space with an external space; and
a plurality of analytical tools stored in the storage space in a stacked state;
the analytical tool cartridge further comprising a retrieval mechanism for retrieving the analytical tools one at a time from the case via the retrieval port.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an analytical tool cartridge comprising a case having therein a storage space and a retrieval port that communicates the storage space with an external space, and a plurality of analytical tools stored in the storage space in a stacked state. This analytical tool cartridge further has a retrieval mechanism for retrieving the analytical tools one at a time from the case via the retrieval port. The analytical tool cartridge may also further have an opening/closing mechanism for opening and closing the retrieval port. The present invention also provides a set of the analytical tool cartridge, and an analyzer that is constituted so as to have installed therein an analytical tool retrieved from the analytical tool cartridge, and analyze a specific component in a specimen liquid supplied onto the analytical tool. At least one of the analytical tool cartridge and the analyzer has provided therein cartridge fixing means for locating and fixing the analytical tool cartridge onto the analyzer.
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18 Claims
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1. An analytical tool cartridge comprising:
- a case including a storage space and a retrieval port that communicates the storage space with an external space; and
a plurality of analytical tools stored in the storage space in a stacked state;
the analytical tool cartridge further comprising a retrieval mechanism for retrieving the analytical tools one at a time from the case via the retrieval port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- a case including a storage space and a retrieval port that communicates the storage space with an external space; and
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13. A set of an analytical tool cartridge and an analyzer, the set comprising:
- a case including a storage space and a retrieval port that communicates the storage space with an external space; and
a plurality of analytical tools stored in the storage space in a stacked state, the analytical tool cartridge further comprising a retrieval mechanism for retrieving the analytical tools one at a time from the case via the retrieval port,the analyzer being constituted so as to have installed therein an analytical tool retrieved from the analytical tool cartridge, and analyze a specific component in a specimen liquid supplied onto the analytical tool, at least one of the analytical tool cartridge and the analyzer being provided with cartridge fixing means for locating and fixing the analytical tool cartridge onto the analyzer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
- a case including a storage space and a retrieval port that communicates the storage space with an external space; and
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17. A set of an analytical tool cartridge and an analyzer, the analytical tool cartridge comprising:
- a case including a storage space and a retrieval port that communicates the storage space with an external space; and
a plurality of analytical tools stored in the storage space in a stacked state, the analytical tool cartridge further comprising a retrieval mechanism for retrieving the analytical tools one at a time from the case via the retrieval port,the analyzer being constituted so as to install an analytical tool retrieved from the analytical tool cartridge, and to analyze a specific component in a specimen liquid supplied onto the analytical tool, the analyzer including an inserting portion into which an end portion of the analytical tool is inserted, the analytical tool cartridge and the inserting portion being provided with analytical tool fixing means for fixing the analytical tool in the analyzer. - View Dependent Claims (18)
- a case including a storage space and a retrieval port that communicates the storage space with an external space; and
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