METHOD FOR INCREASING CAPACITY IN AN AUTOMATIC CLINICAL ANALYZER BY USING MODULAR REAGENT DELIVERY MEANS

摘要

An automatic clinical analyzer in which the number of cuvette ports available for reaction vessels on a reaction carousel are 50% in a configuration using a single reagent storage areas; in a second configuration an additional reagent storage areas is employed and additional ones of the cuvette ports on reaction carousel are utilized, thereby significantly increasing throughput.