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Method and apparatus for clinical analysis

  • US 4,708,940 A
  • Filed: 03/10/1983
  • Issued: 11/24/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for clinical analysis comprising the steps of:

  • (a) rotating a rotor intermittently at a low speed to adjust each of a plurality of container holders connected to said rotor at a first position and inserting a sample container containing whole blood therein in one of said container holders;

    (b) rotating said rotor at a high speed so as to direct the bottom of each of said sample containers outward centrifugally to separate the whole blood contained in said sample containers;

    (c) rotating said rotor intermittently at a low speed to adjust repetitively each of said sample containers at a second position for taking-out a portion of the separated whole blood;

    (d) inserting a liquid take-out pipe into a layer in the separated whole blood in each of said sample containers to take-out a sample portion of the separated whole blood while said sample container held in said container holder is placed at said take-out position; and

    (e) measuring the sample introduced into the analyzing section through said liquid take-out pipe in accordance with an item of analysis.

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