Patent ID: 7250303
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wash-free reagent delivery system for introducing a volume of at least one reagent into a reaction containment device in a clinical analyzer, said system including: a patient sample supply: at least one reagent supply; at least one metering system including a metering head movable between said at least one reagent supply and said reaction containment device; a first plurality of disposable fluid dispensing tips used to aspirate a volume of reagent from said at least one reagent supply for single-use dispensing into said reaction containment; and a second plurality of disposable fluid dispensing tips, each of said second plurality of disposable fluid dispensing tips having a sealed dispense end wherein each of the dispense ends of said second plurality of disposable tips are sealed after a quantity of patient sample is initially aspirated therein using said at least one metering system, thereby forming a container.