Patent ID: 8178043
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for analyzing samples administered from a plurality of sample vessels, said device comprising: a central unit having a supply of reaction vessels and a sampling unit by which at least a part of a sample is transferred from one of the plurality of sample vessels into a reaction vessel supplied from the supply of reaction vessels; at least one analytical unit having a plurality of reagent vessels and modularly constructed such that the at least one analytical unit is either replaceable due to defects or supplementable with one or more additional analytical units allowing an extension of the analyzing capacity of the device; a transport unit which transports at least a part of the reaction vessels from the central unit to the at least one analytical unit such that the analytical unit supplies a reagent from at least one of the plurality of reagent vessels into the supplied reaction vessel for triggering a reaction between the sample and the supplied reagent; a supply unit configured to provide the supplied reaction vessel, while holding the sample therein, from the central unit to the transport unit; and at least one measuring unit provided in the at least one analytical unit and which measures a physical property of the sample held in the supplied reaction vessel.