Automatic diagnostic apparatus
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1. An automatic diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- a controller for controlling operation of the apparatus and for processing data;
a sample container comprising a substantially frusto-conical outer wall an a substantially conical inner wall, each having a narrow end and a broader end;
the outer wall having a lip at its narrow end and connecting with a subtantially planar annular first base at its broader end;
the substantially conical inner wall connecting at its broader end with inner edge of the annular first base and connecting at its narrow end with a depression;
a rack and platform system including a rotor motor which is operable to spin the sample container to cause heavier components of a sample therein to move toward the first base and lighter components to move up the inner wall to the depression;
a sensing system, which is a syringe and biosensor system comprising electrochemical immunoassay biosensor for performing an electrochemical immunoassay of the lighter components of the sample, and a syringe comprising a syringe body and a plunger effective to draw a sample and, optionally, a reagent in and through the biosensor;
voltage supply means for applying a potential difference to said sensing system; and
output means for communicating processed data to a user.
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Abstract
Automatic diagnostic apparatus includes: a controller for controlling operation of the apparatus and for processing data; a sensing system operably connected to the controller for performing an assay, preferably an electrochemical assay (more preferably an electrochemical immunoassay), of a sample and communicating data from the assay to the controller; voltage supply means for applying a potential differential to the sensing system; and output means for communicating processed data to a user.
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1. An automatic diagnostic apparatus comprising:
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a controller for controlling operation of the apparatus and for processing data;
a sample container comprising a substantially frusto-conical outer wall an a substantially conical inner wall, each having a narrow end and a broader end;
the outer wall having a lip at its narrow end and connecting with a subtantially planar annular first base at its broader end;
the substantially conical inner wall connecting at its broader end with inner edge of the annular first base and connecting at its narrow end with a depression;
a rack and platform system including a rotor motor which is operable to spin the sample container to cause heavier components of a sample therein to move toward the first base and lighter components to move up the inner wall to the depression;
a sensing system, which is a syringe and biosensor system comprising electrochemical immunoassay biosensor for performing an electrochemical immunoassay of the lighter components of the sample, and a syringe comprising a syringe body and a plunger effective to draw a sample and, optionally, a reagent in and through the biosensor;
voltage supply means for applying a potential difference to said sensing system; and
output means for communicating processed data to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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