A diagnostic and treatment assembly, configured to diagnose and treat cellular disease. The diagnostic and treatment assembly has a radio wave generator communicatively coupled to a carrier modulator and a radio wave amplifier. An impedance matching system is electrically coupled to the radio wave amplifier. A reflected wave sensor is electrically coupled to the impedance matching system. A radiator applicator is electrically coupled to the reflected wave sensor. A vector impedance analyzer is electrically coupled to the radio wave amplifier. An information collector data network is electrically coupled to the vector impedance analyzer. A data logger is communicatively coupled to the carrier modulator, the vector impedance analyzer, and the reflected wave sensor. The diagnostic and treatment assembly operates in a low-power mode to diagnose a cellular disease and in a high-power mode to treat the cellular disease.

It is an object to provide a cover slip sticking device capable of improving matching between types of clearing agents and cover slips. As a means for solving the problem, a cover slip sticking device includes a dipping bath (21) in which slide glasses (22) on which specimens are attached are housed to be dipped in a clearing agent, a holder (11) having a cover slip (10) and cover slip information (14), a mounting part (C) on which the holder is mounted, a sticking part (B) sticking the cover slip (10) taken out from the holder (11) on the slide glass (22), a reading unit (62) reading the cover slip information (14), a storage unit (65) storing a type of the clearing agent and matching information between types of clearing agents and types of cover slips and a determination unit (66) comparing the cover slip information (14) read by the reading unit (62) and the type of the clearing agent stored in the storage unit (65) with the matching information to determine whether the types match with each other or not.

An acquirer acquires information regarding an examination. An association unit associates the information regarding the examination with identification information of a sample container. A status management unit sets the status of the sample container based on information regarding the movement of the sample container. The status of the sample container may include a reserved-for-use status in which the sample container is reserved for use in an associated examination and a used status in which the sample container has been used in the associated examination. When the association unit associates the information regarding the examination with the identification information of the sample container, the status management unit sets the status of the sample container to the reserved-for-use status.

A system for performing a molecular analysis workflow includes a reaction holder or a reaction substrate, such as a multi-well reaction plate, with a reaction holder/substrate RFID tag, and/or a reagent container with a reagent container RFID tag, and an instrument and/or device that includes an RFID reader/writer operable to read and/or write information to and from the reaction holder/substrate RFID tag and/or the reagent container RFID tag. The reaction holder/substrate RFID tag and the reagent container RFID tag can be utilized separately or together to send and receive and store information, for example, for a workflow of a molecular analysis, such as a polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

An autosampler includes an installation part allowing a plurality of racks to be installed therein, a transfer part capable of holding one rack installed in the installation part and moving back and forth in a first movement direction along an installation direction, and a rack transport path used to move the rack held by the transfer part back and forth in a second movement direction intersecting the first movement direction are included. The transfer part is moved forward in the first movement direction to transfer the rack present in the installation part to a side of the rack transport path, and the transfer part is moved backward in the first movement direction to send the rack present in the rack transport path back to a side of the installation part.

An autosampler includes an installation part for racks to be installed therein, an installation part movement mechanism which moves the installation part back and forth in an installation part transport direction and successively transfers the racks to a transport position, and a rack movement mechanism which moves the racks at the transport position forward in a rack transport direction to send out the racks, and moves the racks backward to send the racks back to the installation part after specimens are sampled from the specimen containers held in the racks. Information about inspection item content is accumulated using the installation part, and an accumulation result is compared with the amount of measurement resources, so that sampling is started after it is determined that the measurement resources are not insufficient.

The present invention provides improved methods, facilities and systems for parallel processing of biological cellular samples in an efficient and scalable manner. The invention enables parallel processing of biological cellular samples, such as patient samples, in a space and time efficient fashion. The methods, facilities and systems of the invention find particular utility in processing patient samples for use in cell therapy.

A receptacle holder for supporting at least one fluid-containing receptacle includes a body and an RFID transponder. The body includes an electrically conductive portion defining a first recess configured to receive at least a first fluid-containing receptacle, and an electrically non-conductive portion attached to the electrically conductive portion. The RFID transponder is disposed on the electrically non-conductive portion of the body, and stores information about the receptacle holder. The receptacle holder can also include the first fluid-containing receptacle received within the first recess.

A conveyor assembly for transporting a carrier coupled to a receptacle to a processing station located within a housing of an instrument. The conveyor assembly includes a spur conveyor subassembly and a buffer conveyor subassembly for transporting the carrier from a host conveyor assembly to the spur conveyor subassembly. The spur conveyor subassembly includes (i) a rotatable diverter having at least one recess for receiving and moving the carrier between the buffer conveyor subassembly and the spur conveyor subassembly and (ii) a gripper configured to grasp the carrier and move it from the diverter to the processing position located within the housing of the instrument.

There is provided a storage apparatus including a storage case which stores a specimen container accommodating a specimen inside and having a wireless tag recorded with identification information on a side surface, and an antenna surrounding the periphery of the specimen container stored in the storage case.