Patents Represented by Attorney Charles Gagneblin, III
  • Patent number: 5599501
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for transportation and processing of multiple protocol assays within an automated immunoassay analyzer instrument. The apparatus includes a cuvette ring movably coupled to a magnet ring. In one embodiment, the magnet ring and cuvette ring are provided having circular shapes. A temperature controlled housing is disposed about the cuvette and magnet rings to provide a rotary incubation and particle separation chamber. The cuvette ring holds a plurality of cuvettes each of which may have a different assay disposed therein. The cuvette ring advances the cuvettes around the circumference of the incubation chamber. A plurality of discrete processing centers for aspiration and dispensing fluid samples, reagents and wash fluids are disposed at predetermined positions about the incubation chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Ciba Corning Diagnostics Corp.
    Inventors: Glen A. Carey, Michael L. Malek