Patent ID: 6825041
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for automated immunochemistry analysis having at least two procedures requiring different operating cycles, comprising:a. a first working section operating on a cycle of a first period of time and performing one of said at least two procedures, wherein said first working section is a reagent pipetting section; b. a second working section operating on a cycle of a second period of time and performing another one of said at least two procedures, wherein said second working section is a sample aliquoting section; c. said cycles of said first and second working sections adjusted such that the quotient of said first period of time divided by said second period of time is a whole number; and d. said first working section having a multiplicity of independent working stations, each operating on said cycle of said second period of time, the number of said stations being equal to said whole number, and the respective cycles of such stations being staggered apart by said second period of time, such that at least one of said working stations of said first working section is available for working with said second working section at each operating cycle of said second working section.