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Light-blocking system for a diagnostic analyzer

  • US 9,513,303 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2014
  • Issued: 12/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of diagnostically testing a sample comprising:

  • disposing a reaction vessel into a slot of a linear processing track;

    supplying a sample and a reagent into the reaction vessel disposed in the slot of the linear processing track;

    moving the linear processing track while the reaction vessel, containing the sample and the reagent, is disposed in the slot of the linear processing track so that the reaction vessel, disposed in the slot of the linear processing track and containing the sample and the reagent, is disposed adjacent to at least one light-blocking member in a first position disposed apart from the linear processing track allowing the sample to be exposed to light;

    moving the at least one light-blocking member from the first position to a second position closer to the linear processing track to dispose the reaction vessel held within the slot of the linear processing track simultaneously within at least a portion of the at least one light-blocking member to block the sample contained within the reaction vessel from exposure to the light; and

    optically testing the sample while the at least one light-blocking member is disposed in the second position with the reaction vessel, holding the sample, disposed in the slot of the linear processing track.

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