Patent ID: 7951328
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. Device for automatically analyzing blood samples, comprising, in combination: an extraction station, in which blood is extracted from a storage vessel by an extraction device; a measuring station having a measuring part that receives blood from the extraction device, said measuring station being operative to analyze blood samples by passing blood through an aperture in an aperture holder arranged in the measuring part; a receiving station for receiving measuring parts configured as disposable parts; a device for moving the extraction device between the extraction station and the measuring station as well as the receiving station, wherein the extraction device comprises: a needle part which can be connected to the measuring part; a head part, which can be connected to a measuring part provided in the receiving station, wherein in the extraction station blood can be drawn into the needle part from the storage vessel and in the measuring station blood can be conveyed to the measuring part through the head part; a valve arranged to permit an alternative connection to the needle part and the head part; and a holding part having a heating device for warming blood that is aspirated into a duct from the needle part.