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Chemical assay system

  • US 4,857,272 A
  • Filed: 06/18/1986
  • Issued: 08/15/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a chemical assay system comprising at least one incubator having a plurality of slide receiving chambers each for receiving a chemical assay slide, the chambers being arranged in a row so that chemical assay slides received in the chambers are arranged in a row in one plane and each chamber is provided with an opening for exposing a chemical assay slide received therein;

  • a slide insertion means for inserting chemical assay slides into the slide receiving chambers; and

    a probe means for projecting light onto a chemical assay slide in each slide receiving chamber and measuring the intensity of the light reflected therefrom, the probe means being movable along the row of the slide receiving chambers to measuring positions in front of each of the openings;

    the improvement which comprises said slide insertion means being movable bi-directionally with respect to the incubators such that any slide can be inserted into said slide receiving chambers independently of any other slide.

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