| 摘要 |
<p>Apparatus for performing automated heterogeneous immunoassays for the detection or determination of antigenic or haptenic substances or antibodies in a plurality of samples comprising: (a) a plurality of capillary tubes (12), each of the capillary tubes having antibodies or antigenic or haptenic substances attached to the internal surface thereof; (b) means (13) for passing each of the capillary tubes, in sequence, to a plurality of operation stations; (c) means at a first operation station (I) for admitting individual samples, in sequence, to each of the capillary tubes as it is passed to the first operation station; (d) means at one or more subsequent operation stations (II), (III), for admitting immunoassay reagent to each of the capillary tubes as it is passed to the subsequent operation station(s); and (e) means at a final operation station (IV), (V), for detecting or determining the result of the immunoassay in each of the capillary tubes as it is passed to the final operation station. A method of performing immunoassays using this apparatus is also disclosed.</p> |
