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Method of distinguishing among strips for different assays in an automated instrument

  • US 5,439,826 A
  • Filed: 12/02/1988
  • Issued: 08/08/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for distinguishing among strips for different assays in testing by an automated instrument which performs said testing based on detection of one or more physical characteristics to which said automated instrument is sensitive, said method comprising the following steps:

  • selectively introducing, in a predetermined order, one of said physical characteristics into wells of the microstrip to which the automated instrument is sensitive, said automated instrument correlating said predetermined order to a particular assay; and

    detecting the presence or absence of said introduced characteristic in each of the wells, wherein the elements of said automated instrument which detect said introduced characteristic perform said testing.

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