A treatment device (1) for treating histological or cytological samples has a plurality of containers (6) for different treatment agents and a detection apparatus (2) for detecting a code which unequivocally identifies a type of a treatment agent or a type of a group of treatment agents from a package or replacement container of a treatment agent or group of treatment agents. The device furthermore has an evaluation apparatus (18) that, based on a detected code, ascertains which of the containers is or are to be replenished or replaced, and an indicating apparatus (4) which communicates to a user the ascertained container (6) or containers (6) that is or are to be replenished or replaced. The indicating apparatus may include a display (5) presenting a schematic image of the plurality of containers (6) with image(s) of each ascertained container being marked, and/or a light source (15) that illuminates each ascertained container.

This specimen analyzer includes: an analysis unit which analyzes a specimen collected from a subject; a manual input unit which receives an input of information by manual operation; an information read unit which receives an input of information by reading an information record section provided in a consumable; and a controller which does not permit an input of information on the consumable with the manual input unit, and permits an input of the information on the consumable with the information read unit.

One aspect relates to a method of calibrating event data. The method includes obtaining, via an electronic device including a processor, event data for an assay including a reagent. The reagent is associated with one of a plurality of manufacturing lots of the reagent. The method includes receiving one or more calibration factors for the reagent based on an identifier associated with the one of the plurality of manufacturing lots. The method further includes generating calibrated event data based on an application of the one or more calibration factors to the event data.

Compositions include an aqueous solution of an organic dye of molecular weight in the range of about 300 to about 1,000 and a density-enhancing material. An amount of the density-enhancing material in the aqueous solution is sufficient to achieve a density of about 1.0 to about 1.3 g/mL. The composition has a viscosity of about 3.5 to about 5.0 centipoise. The compositions are useful in assessing the adequacy of a liquid handling mixing device to mix a reaction mixture.

The sample analyzer includes: a reagent arranging section for arranging a plurality of reagents; an analyzing section for analyzing a measurement sample prepared by mixing a sample and the reagent arranged on the reagent arranging section; a display device; an input device; and a display control section for displaying a reagent arrangement displaying region for displaying a plurality of reagent marks inscribed with a reagent name respectively on the display device, wherein the each reagent mark is displayed in a manner selectable by the input device, wherein arrangement of the each reagent mark on the reagent arrangement displaying region corresponds to arrangement of the each reagent on the reagent arranging section, wherein the display control section displays detailed information related to the reagent corresponding to the reagent mark selected by the input device on the display device.

To reliably prevent an analysis using a problematic reagent. In order to implement this, an automatic analyzer according to the disclosure includes: a reagent placement unit in which a reagent container containing a reagent is placed; a processor configured to process reagent information related to the reagent; a memory configured to store the reagent information; and a display device configured to display the reagent information. The processor causes the display device to display a GUI screen configured to allow setting of usability of both a reagent placed in the reagent placement unit and a reagent not placed in the reagent placement unit, and causes the memory to store information received from the GUI screen and related to the usability of the reagent (see FIG. 3).

A system and method for dispense characterization is disclosed. According to particular embodiments of the dispense characterization system and method, volumes of dispensed liquids can be determined. In more particular embodiments, additional characteristics, and combinations of characteristics of a liquid dispensing event can be determined. Examples of additional characteristics that can be determined include the shape of the dispensing event, the velocity of the dispensing event, and the trajectory of the dispensing event. The dispense characterization system and method can be employed in automated biological sample analysis systems, and are particularly suited for monitoring liquid reagent dispensing events that deliver liquid reagents to a surface of a microscope slide holding a biological sample.

The automatic analysis device of the invention includes a history information storage unit configured to store history information related to a previously conducted analysis, a number-of-analyses calculation unit configured to calculate a number of analyses per unit for each analysis item from the history information, a classification/storage unit configured to classify and store the number of analyses per unit by day of the week, a reagent remaining amount detection unit configured to detect a reagent remaining amount, a conversion unit configured to read each number of analyses per unit over a predetermined period corresponding to a day of a week of an analysis implementation date from the classification/storage unit and convert the read each number of analyses per unit into a reagent usage amount, and a display device configured to arrange and display information associated with the reagent usage amount and the reagent remaining amount for each reagent.

A method and system for replenishing refrigerated consumables by a mobile connected autonomous refrigerator includes receiving a notification triggered by a laboratory instrument that a refrigerated consumable used by the laboratory instrument is depleted; autonomously navigating to a refrigerated storage; retrieving the refrigerated consumable and placing it in the mobile refrigerated unit: autonomously moving to the laboratory instrument that triggered the notification; and alerting an operator to retrieve the refrigerated consumable from mobile refrigerated unit and load it into the laboratory instrument.