Patent ID: 9638709
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G01N,Y10T

Claim:
1. An automated blood analyzer, comprising: a first processing station at which a blood sample in a sample tube is extracted and tested; a first hand portion grasping the sample tube and removing it from a sample rack at the first processing station before the blood sample is extracted and tested at the first processing station; a second processing station at which a blood sample in the sample tube is extracted and tested; a second hand portion grasping the sample tube and removing it from the sample rack at the second processing station before the blood sample is extracted and tested at the second processing station; and a belt conveyor having a structure for holding the sample rack carrying one or more sample tubes, the belt conveyor being driven under control of a programmed processor to move the structure in two opposing directions within a transport path leading through the first and second processing stations.