Patent ID: 7842504
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing the throughput of an analyzer equipped for conducting a number of different assays on a clinical sample, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a source of samples to be assayed by the analyzer; (b) providing a reaction carousel having reaction cuvettes for containing the samples to be assayed; (c) providing first, second, and third sources of reagents for conducting reactions on the samples in the reaction cuvettes; and (d) partitioning the different assays to be conducted by the analyzer into wherein the first third source of reagents contains reagents needed for conducting the first, second, and third sub-groups of assays, the second source of reagents consists only of those reagents needed for conducting the first and second sub-groups of assays, and the third first source of reagents consists only of those reagents needed for conducting the first sub-group of assays.