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Device for supplying blood tubes to a whole blood analyser

  • US 7,858,032 B2
  • Filed: 03/11/2005
  • Issued: 12/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An analyzing system, comprising:

  • at least one whole blood analyzer operating in a unitary mode;

    a storage zone for tubes to be analyzed;

    a mono-tube transfer line for transferring tubes between the storage zone and the at least one whole blood analyzer operating in a unitary mode;

    a pre-analytical module comprising;

    at least one tube agitator for homogenizing the blood before analysis, a device for aerating and recognizing the tubes comprising a device for reading label information on the tubes, the pre-analytical module being disposed on the mono-tube transfer line between the storage zone for tubes to be analyzed and the at least one whole blood analyzer; and

    a plurality of means for automatically loading and unloading the tubes, one of the plurality of means for automatically loading and unloading the tubes disposed between the tube agitator and the mono-tube transfer line, one of the other plurality of means for automatically loading and unloading the tubes disposed between the device for aerating and recognizing the tubes and the mono-tube transfer line.

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