Reagent container for an automated analyzer
DCFirst Claim
1. A container for reagents, comprising:
- a cylindrical body portion comprising inner and outer wall surfaces disposed substantially equidistant about a central axis and first and second open ends defined by said inner and outer wall surfaces, wherein a central axis mid-point is defined between said first and second open ends;
a floor member attached to said first open end of said cylindrical body portion, said floor member having an inner surface;
two co-planar agitating members, each attached to said inner wall surfaces of said cylindrical body portion and said floor member;
a cylindrical neck portion attached to said second open end of said cylindrical body portion; and
a skirt comprising a radial portion, extending from at least a portion of said outer wall surface of said cylindrical body portion in a direction perpendicular to said central axis, and an enclosing portion, attached to said radial portion and having walls substantially equidistant to said central axis, said enclosing portion terminating on a side of said floor member opposite said first open end of said cylindrical body portion,wherein said two co-planar agitating members are disposed on opposite sides of said inner wall surface of said cylindrical body portion and extend, in a direction parallel to said central axis, from said floor member to a point on said inner wall surface of said cylindrical body portion between said mid-point and said second open end of said cylindrical body portion, and, in a direction perpendicular to said central axis, from said inner wall surface of said cylindrical body portion towards said central axis.
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Abstract
An analyzer for performing automated assay testing. The analyzer includes a storage and conveyor system for conveying cuvettes to an incubation or processing conveyor, a storage and selection system for test sample containers, a storage and selection system for reagent containers, sample and reagent aspirating and dispensing probes, a separation system for separating bound from unbound tracer or labeled reagent, a detection system and date collection/processing system. All of the sub-units of the machine are controlled by a central processing unit to coordinate the activity of all of the subunits of the analyzer. The analyzer is specificallysuited for performing heterogeneous binding assay protocols, particularly immunoassays.
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1. A container for reagents, comprising:
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a cylindrical body portion comprising inner and outer wall surfaces disposed substantially equidistant about a central axis and first and second open ends defined by said inner and outer wall surfaces, wherein a central axis mid-point is defined between said first and second open ends; a floor member attached to said first open end of said cylindrical body portion, said floor member having an inner surface; two co-planar agitating members, each attached to said inner wall surfaces of said cylindrical body portion and said floor member; a cylindrical neck portion attached to said second open end of said cylindrical body portion; and a skirt comprising a radial portion, extending from at least a portion of said outer wall surface of said cylindrical body portion in a direction perpendicular to said central axis, and an enclosing portion, attached to said radial portion and having walls substantially equidistant to said central axis, said enclosing portion terminating on a side of said floor member opposite said first open end of said cylindrical body portion, wherein said two co-planar agitating members are disposed on opposite sides of said inner wall surface of said cylindrical body portion and extend, in a direction parallel to said central axis, from said floor member to a point on said inner wall surface of said cylindrical body portion between said mid-point and said second open end of said cylindrical body portion, and, in a direction perpendicular to said central axis, from said inner wall surface of said cylindrical body portion towards said central axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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