APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS OF SAMPLE ON GEL CARDS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new facility used for automatic analysis of blood samples on gel cards. SOLUTION: The apparatus for automatic analysis of the samples on the gel cards includes a single transportable structure, provided with several separate compartments located in a vertical stack within a cabinet, with a means for the vertical transport of the gel cards; a means for the transport of units for moving the cards and pipetting probes, being displaceable to the entire transverse cross-section of the compartments in at least two of the vertical stack compartments or floors through moving along coordinate axes X, Y and Z at right-angles; and a controlling means; capable of executing automatic functioning simultaneously with manual actions to load and unload the necessary materials (samples, reagents, cards, wash solutions and waste solutions) in a random manner. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT