System layout for an automated system for sample preparation and analysis

摘要

A sample preparation and analysis system (10). The system (10) includes a housing (16) with a sample preparation station (12) and a sample analysis station (14) positioned within the housing (16). The sample analysis station (14) is spaced away from the sample preparation station (12). A transport assembly (50) is configured to move at least one sample within the housing (16) and between the sample preparation station (12) and the sample analysis station (14).

主权项

1. An automated biological specimen preparation and mass spectrometry analysis system for analyzing a plurality of biological specimens, comprising:
a sample preparation station configured to prepare samples taken from the plurality of biological specimens; and a sample analysis station including a mass spectrometer configured to quantify one or more analytes in one or more of the prepared samples; wherein the sample preparation station and the sample analysis station are contained within a housing and such that the sample preparation station is positioned substantially on one side of the housing, at a height that is greater than a height of a base of the mass spectrometer; the mass spectrometer is positioned substantially on the other side of the housing, at a height that is less than a height of a base of the sample preparation station; and the sample analysis station further includes one or more liquid chromatography pumps and at least one liquid chromatography mobile phase container, the at least one liquid chromatography mobile phase container being positioned at a height that is greater than a height of the one or more liquid chromatography pumps.