Abstract: An automatic analyzer comprises a reagent storage unit, a reaction promotion unit, and an unused container providing unit. The reaction promotion unit is between the reagent storage unit and the unused container providing unit in a left-right direction, and is on a rear side from the reagent storage unit and the unused container providing unit in a front-rear direction. In the automatic analyzer, a cover covering the reaction promotion unit is with a first fitting portion, a second fitting portion, and a third fitting portion located between the first and the second fitting portion in the left-right direction and a handle that is between the first and the second fitting portion in the left-right direction and on a rear side of the third fitting portion in the front-rear direction. The first and the second fitting portion are high in positioning functionality. The third fitting portion is low in positioning functionality.

Abstract: A laboratory automation device comprises a workspace with liquid containers and a pipetting arm for moving liquids between the liquid containers; a housing enclosing the workspace; a door of the housing for accessing the workspace, wherein the door comprises a transparent display for displaying information and for allowing a person to view into the workspace; and a tracking sensor for tracking an eye position of the person. The laboratory automation device is adapted for determining the eye position of the person from sensor data acquired with the tracking sensor; and for displaying information for a notification area in the workspace on the transparent display, such that the information is displayed from a perspective of the person in front of the notification area.

Abstract: The present invention provides an automated interpretation system for quantitative and qualitative analysis, which comprises a movable module, a multi-channel extraction module, an analysis and image capture module, a rejection unit and a processing module, wherein the processing module controls the movable module to move the multi-channel extraction module to one of the analysis and image capture module and the rejection unit, thereby achieving multi-channel subject extraction, and reducing manual misjudgment and working hours.

Abstract: An ultrasound indicating (USI) device and method for monitoring ultrasonication is provided. The USI device comprises a container comprising a USI formulation. The USI formulation comprises an organic liquid, a pH dye and an activator.

Abstract: A culture structure, a culture method and a culture chip are provided. The culture structure includes a culture plate and a vibration structure provided on the culture plate; the culture plate includes a plurality of accommodating structures configured to accommodate culture solution; the vibration structure includes a vibration signal generating structure and a plurality of vibration members; the vibration signal generating structure is configured to generate a vibration signal; the plurality of vibration members are connected to the vibration signal generating structure and configured to drive the culture solution in the plurality of accommodating structures to move according to the vibration signal.

Abstract: An automatic analyzer, a dispenser, and associated control methods are provided for suppressing splitting of an air layer in a passage and improving dispensing accuracy. The analyzer includes a nozzle, a pressure source coupled to the nozzle via a passage, and a controller that controls aspiration or discharge of a fluid. During either aspiration or discharge, the controller calculates a position of a gas-liquid phase boundary in the passage based on a volume of an aspired air layer, a cross-sectional area of the passage, and an integrated flow rate of the fluid. The controller then controls flow velocity based on the calculated position and on an orientation in which the gas-liquid phase boundary moves so that the flow velocity remains at or below a critical flow velocity at which air-layer splitting is suppressed, or so that the gas-liquid phase boundary does not pass a cross-sectional change in the passage.

Abstract: Disclosed are a reagent replacement method and device. The reagent replacement method includes: monitoring a working state of a sample analyzer in real-time, and reading failure information when it is detected that automatic sample conveying is suspended; identifying whether a reagent failure exists; if so, displaying a reagent setup window automatically to display information of at least one failed reagent; obtaining reagent information of a replacement reagent, and inputting at least part of the information into a corresponding place in the reagent setup window so as to set up the reagent; judging whether the setup of all the failed reagents is completed; if so, closing the reagent setup window; and executing a reagent reset on the replacement reagent after the setup or executing the reagent reset after the reagent setup window is closed. By means of the reagent replacement method, the operation process of reagent replacement is simplified.

Abstract: A modular sample store including a storage area; a service area; a transfer area; a motorized robot with a lifting device and at least one platform; and a controller. The sample store service area includes one integrally formed cubic vat module and the sample store storage area includes at least one integrally formed cubic vat module. Each one of the aforementioned vat modules includes an essentially horizontal vat floor and four joining vat walls that are connected to the vat floor and that are leaving an open vat space. The modular sample store also includes upper side walls and a cover plate to close the sample store. Each vat floor and vat wall includes an outside liner and an inside liner, which outside and inside liners in each case are separated by a clearance.

Abstract: A system and method for target material retrieval and processing, the system comprising: an adaptor configured to interface with a capture region of a capture substrate for capturing particles in single-particle format within a set of wells, wherein the adaptor comprises a first region configured to interface with the capture region, a second region, and a cavity extending from the first region to the second region; and a support structure coupled to the adaptor and providing a set of operation modes for movement of the adaptor relative to the capture substrate. The system enables methods for magnetic and/or other force-based methods of retrieval of target material (e.g., derived from single cells).

Abstract: A cell culture device is provided, which comprises a cavity and a base layer, wherein the base layer is a type of plastic thin film and has a thickness of 1 ?m to 100 ?m; a second-moment of inertia lower than 6×106 ?m4; and a resultant flexural rigidity of 1×10?6 Pa·m4 to 0.02 Pa·m4. Accordingly, the base layer can produce an out-of-plane strain, and bending deformation can occur. Therefore, a growth space close to in vivo environment is provided by the base layer for the cells when the cells attach to the base layer, thereby promoting the growth and maturation of the cells and tissues.

Abstract: Decapping system and methods of performing a decapping process for screw cap test tubes. In an embodiment, a method comprises loading a test tube rack in a rack holder that holds the test tube rack stationary, where the test tube rack holds the screw cap test tubes aligned in a row. The method further comprises clamping the row of the screw cap test tubes between a pair of jaw members of a row clamp, where clamp surfaces of the jaw members apply a force to opposing sides of the row of the screw cap test tubes. The method further comprises successively contacting screw caps of the screw cap test tubes in the row with a rotating bit of a decapper tool to spin the screw caps in a loosening direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure also relates to systems and methods for quality control in histology systems. In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes receiving a tissue block comprising a tissue sample embedded in an embedding material, imaging the tissue block to create a first imaging data of the tissue sample in a tissue section on the tissue block, removing the tissue section from the tissue block, the tissue section comprising a part of the tissue sample, imaging the tissue section to create a second imaging data of the tissue sample in the tissue section, and comparing the first imaging data to the second imaging data to confirm correspondence in the tissue sample in the first imaging data and the second imaging data based on one or more quality control parameters.

Abstract: A test tube rack dispatching method, a pipeline analysis system and a test tube rack. Said method is applied to a pipeline analysis system. The pipeline system comprises a sample conveying mechanism, at least two test devices and at least two test platforms corresponding to the at least two test devices, the sampling mechanism being connected to the at least two test platforms. Said method comprises: scanning a readable and writable label of a test tube rack placed in the pipeline system, so as to read test mode information corresponding to the test tube rack; and dispatching, by the sample conveying mechanism, the test tube rack to a test platform corresponding to the test mode information, so as to test samples on the test tube rack by a test device corresponding to the test platform.

Abstract: A container (30) includes a plurality of accommodation portions (310) accommodating the sample, and a lid portion (320) closing the plurality of accommodation portions (310). The treatment apparatus (6) includes a container support portion (41) configured to support the plurality of accommodation portions (310), and a container fixing portion (42) configured to overlap the lid portion (320). The container fixing portion (42) is configured to sandwich the container (30) together with the container support portion (41). The container fixing portion (42) is provided in a manner of being able to be opened and closed with respect to the container support portion (41). A plurality of hole portions (411) are provided in the container support portion (41). A plurality of hook portions (420) inserted into the plurality of hole portions (411) and engaging with edge portions (411a) of the plurality of hole portions (411) are provided in the container fixing portion (42).

Abstract: To provide an automatic analyzer and a sample aspiration method in an automatic analyzer capable of analyzing a sample of further minute amount compared than before. In aspirating the sample, a sample dispensing mechanism 13, 14 is controlled so as to detect the liquid level L1, to thereafter allow a dispensing probe 13a, 14a of the sample dispensing mechanism 13, 14 to be dropped and stopped below the liquid level L1, to thereafter allow the dispensing probe 13a, 14a of the sample dispensing mechanism 13, 14 to be elevated and stopped, and to thereafter allow the dispensing probe 13a, 14a of the sample dispensing mechanism 13, 14 to be further dropped while aspirating the sample.

Abstract: An automated pipetting system includes a pipettor. The pipettor includes a pipetting channel, a first plunger mechanism operable to change a pressure in the pipetting channel to aspirate or dispense a liquid, and a second plunger mechanism operable to change the pressure in the pipetting channel to aspirate or dispense the liquid.

Abstract: Provided is an automatic analyzer capable of reliably closing an openable lid provided in an opening for accessing a region covered by a cover. An automatic analyzer includes an incubator cover disposed to cover a preprocessing region provided on an operation surface on a housing, an openable lid disposed to openably cover an opening portion provided in the incubator cover in order to access the inside from the outside of the preprocessing region, and a safety cover disposed to cover upper portions of the operation surface and the preprocessing region, and the openable lid is moved to a closed position in association with movement of the safety cover from an opened position to the closed position in a case where the openable lid is at the opened position and the safety cover is at the opened position.

Abstract: A method for generating a series of ultra-thin sections of a microscopic sample is provided. The method includes detaching the sections from the sample using an ultramicrotome. The sections detached from the sample are made to float on a liquid surface and thereafter are transferred onto a solid carrier element. The method also includes determining, for at least one of the sections detached from the sample, a position and an orientation on the solid carrier element by monitoring the placement of the sections onto the solid carrier element using a monitoring system comprising a camera, and obtaining monitoring data.

Abstract: Described are exemplary embodiments of a syringe identification system for use with a positive displacement pipette, such as a handheld powered positive displacement pipette. An exemplary syringe identification system may include a sensor, such as a color sensor, that is located at or near a distal end of the pipette and arranged such that the sensor is operative to read an identifying marking(s) on a syringe that has been installed to the pipette. The sensor may be a color sensor having an illumination source and configured to read a color code on the syringe. The color code may be usable to identify the syringe to the pipette.

Abstract: An automatic analysis device is provided with: a sample disk for holding a sample container that accommodates a sample; a reagent disk for holding a reagent container that accommodates a reagent; at least two different measuring units that respectively perform different types of analyses; a control part that controls the measuring units; and a display part that displays: a work flow area in which the flow of operation of the two or more measuring units is displayed; and an overview area in which the usable or unusable states of the respective measuring units are displayed, wherein the overview area has a unit necessity-of-use selection part that can select whether using each of the measuring units is necessary, and the control part controls the display part so as to change the display of the work flow area on the basis of the information set in the unit necessity-of-use selection part.