| 摘要 |
<p>A substantially dimensionally-stable chemical component is assembled with a sample processing device via a computer-controlled apparatus. In one embo diment, surface mount technology is used to assemble the chemical component with the processing device. The chemical component may include, for example, chemicals used for sample preparation or detection, such as a reagent. In d ifferent embodiments, the chemical component may be a tablet, microtablet, l yophilized pellet, bead, film, and so forth. In some embodiments, the chemic al components are stored within a carrier that packages a plurality of chemi cal components. The carrier may define a plurality of pockets, where each po cket defines a discrete space for holding at least one chemical component. I n some embodiments, a robotic arm aligns with a pocket in order to locate an d remove a chemical component from the carrier and transfer the chemical com ponent to a chamber of a processing device.</p> |
