A diagnostic laboratory distribution system, wherein the distribution system comprises a number of carriers adapted to carry one or more goods. The distribution system comprises a transport plane adapted to support the carriers and a drive device, wherein the drive device is adapted to move the carriers on the transport plane, and a control device to control the drive device. The distribution system comprises a cover for the transport plane, and humidity sensors connected to the control device and airflow generating devices connected to the control device. The airflow generating devices are distributed over the distribution system to generate an airflow between the cover and the transport plane. The control device is configured to start the airflow generating devices if the humidity sensors measure a humidity above a predefined threshold value.

Carriers are provided for microbiological laboratory use, as are methods for their use. The carriers may be used to transport patient samples between laboratory stations and can be loaded into automated AST systems. In an aspect, a method of performing AST may include loading a tube comprising a patient sample onto a carrier. An AST panel may be loaded onto the carrier. The carrier may be conveyed to an automated inoculation assembly. The patient sample may be inoculated from the tube into the AST panel. The AST panel may be loaded into an automated AST system.

An automatic analyzer keeps the inside of a reagent cooler that stores a reagent vessel clean. The automatic analyzer includes: a reagent cooler that stores a reagent vessel containing a reagent to be reacted with a sample at a predetermined temperature. A reagent vessel replacement unit includes an opening configured to put the reagent vessel into and take the regent vessel out of the reagent cooler, wherein the opening is opened and closed to replace the reagent vessel. A positive pressure unit positively pressurizes the inside of the reagent cooler with respect to a periphery of the reagent cooler when the opening is opened.

This system takes in raw cellular material collected using a provided swab, blood collection device, urine collection device, or other sample collection device and transforms that biological material into a digital result, identifying the presence, absence and/or quantity of nucleic acids, proteins, and/or other molecules of interest.

A nucleic acid extraction apparatus having a workbench having a table top, and further comprises a sliding seat, a sample rack, a reagent strip rack, a pipetting table, a piston assembly and a suction assembly. The nucleic acid extraction apparatus comprises the sliding seat and the pipetting table, the sample rack and the reagent strip rack are arranged on the sliding seat, the piston assembly and the suction assembly are respectively arranged on the pipetting table, the sample rack is provided with sample holes, the reagent strip rack is provided with accommodation slots, the number of accommodation slots corresponds to that of the sample holes on a one-to-one basis, and when reagent strips are respectively accommodated in the accommodation slots, a first suction head hole, second suction head holes and various reagent holes in each reagent strip respectively correspond to the corresponding sample holes.

A specimen processing apparatus may include: an aspirating tube configured to aspirates a specimen in automatic aspiration and manual aspiration; an aspirating tube moving mechanism configured to move the aspirating tube between a first region in which the automatic aspiration is performed and a second region in which the manual aspiration is performed, the first region covered with a wall, the second region separated from the first region; and a processing unit that processes the specimen aspirated by the aspirating tube.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automated analysis apparatus that can reduce the influence of a pre-sample more reliably, by delivering an internal standard solution. The automated analyzing apparatus according to the present invention determines in advance whether the ion concentration of a first sample is higher than the ion concentration of a second sample by a reference value, and delivers a liquid other than the sample in addition to the internal standard solution (see FIG. 2)

A filtering device is provided to an analyzing instrument to block the passage of oversized particles that may otherwise clog the aperture of a sample analyzing device. The filtering device can be arranged to be proximate to the mixing chamber. In certain examples, the filtering device is placed at or adjacent an output port of the mixing chamber.

A cuvette discarding unit includesa cuvette discarding container capable of discarding a cuvette from a top opening an accommodation frame capable of accommodating the cuvette discarding containerand a cuvette receiving part arranged at a top of the cuvette discarding container and having an input port into which a cuvette is charged. The cuvette receiving part has a movable cuvette receiving bottom part. The cuvette receiving bottom part is held in a retracted posture allowing the cuvette received from the input port to be charged into the cuvette discarding container at a lower position in a state in which the cuvette discarding container is accommodated in the accommodation frame, and held in a temporary receiving posture for receiving the cuvette received from the input port in a state in which the cuvette discarding container is not accommodated in the accommodation frame.

A system for automated processing of a plurality of batches, each batch being derived from one biological sample, the system comprising an enclosure which can be closed and sterilized, each batch of the plurality of batches comprising one or more cell processing container; a plurality of reagent containers for holding reagents within the enclosure; at least one reagent dispenser within the enclosure for dispensing reagents during said automated processing; a quality control system within the enclosure for analyzing at least one characteristic of a batch during said automated processing; a harvester within the enclosure for harvesting batches; a robotic system within the enclosure, configured for transporting cell processing containers, decapping or otherwise opening cell processing containers, pipetting reagents or liquids from cell processing containers, and aspirating liquids from cell processing containers, during said automated processing; a tracker for electronically tracking the plurality of batches after its introduction to the enclosure; and a control unit (CU) communicatively coupled to the at least one reagent dispenser, the quality control system, the harvester, the robotic system and the tracker for controlling said automatic processing of said batches.