Disclosed is a reagent container rack used in a specimen analyzer configured to analyze a specimen by use of a reagent. The reagent container rack includes a holder configured to hold a reagent container that contains the reagent; and a lid configured to cover a mouth portion of the reagent container to form an airtight space between the lid and the mouth portion.

A processor assembly including: an exposure station operable to expose a sample on a slide; a print station operable to apply a reagent to the exposed sample through a thermal inkjet process; and a robotic transfer mechanism to transfer the slide from the exposure station to the print station. Also, a reagent cartridge including: a body defining a container having a volume therein; a nonmetallic bag in the container operable to contain a reagent; and a printhead at a base of the body, the printhead coupled to an outlet of the bag. Further, a method including exposing a sample on a slide in a processor assembly; robotically transferring the slide to a printing station of the processor assembly; and applying a reagent to the exposed sample at the printing station by a thermal inkjet printing process.

A sample processing station includes two or more container holders on a platform that is rotatable about a central axis of rotation. Each holder is configured to rotate about a secondary axis of rotation. The station includes a capping/decapping mechanism to cap or decap a container held in one of the container holders and an elevator with a chuck guide that contact the container holder as the chuck is lowered by the elevator to positon the chuck with respect to the cap of the container held in the holder and to hold jaws of the container holder in a closed position. In embodiment, the chuck guide includes a yoke with opposed arms and spindles located near distal ends of the arms that engage beveled shoulders of the container holder.

An integrated constant-temperature fully-automatic cell smear preparation device includes a rotary settling disc, where the rotary settling disc includes a settling disc base and a turntable body connected to a settling disc body through a fixed shaft; a glass slide addition mechanism arranged adjacent to a glass slide inlet position of the rotary settling disc; a cleaning and sample addition integrated device, where the cleaning and sample addition integrated device is arranged on a side of the rotary settling disc, the cleaning and sample addition integrated device includes a cleaning assembly and a sample addition assembly, and the cleaning assembly and the sample addition assembly add fluid to one or more different settling cups simultaneously as the turntable body rotates intermittently; and a glass slide discharging mechanism arranged adjacent to a glass slide outlet position of the rotary settling disc.

A full-automatic preparation method of a cast-off cell smear includes the following steps: S1: pretreatment of a cast-off cell: automatically pretreating the cast-off cell to be prepared to remove interfering substances; S2: automatically transferring a pretreated cast-off cell to a cyclic settling module to allow constant-temperature settling, and staining and moisturizing the pretreated cast-off cell; and S3: subjecting a moisturized cast-off cell to automatic liquid sealing. The full-automatic preparation method of the cast-off cell smear realizes the automation of smear preparation, staining, and sealing, and also realizes the unattended high-throughput output and the high-quality smear preparation and sealing.

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for container lids, suitable for use in reliable automated handling and transport of lamella carriers used for transmission electron microscopy samples, or similar light or thin objects. A lid is for use with a container having one or more cavities that can be accessible through a top surface of a container. The lid can comprise a rigid member having a planar surface. Affixed to the rigid member are a first means for constraining motion of the planar surface to one-degree of freedom movement over the top surface, and a second means for restricting motion, within the cavity, of a lamella carrier contained within the cavity.

The present invention discloses a chemiluminescence immunoassay analyzer, including a rotating disc assembly for carrying and thermal insulation of capillary tubes, an air-blowing assembly for removing residual liquid from the capillary tubes, a detection assembly for detecting the number of luminescent photons in the capillary tubes, and a bottom plate for installing the rotating disc assembly, the air-blowing assembly, and the detection assembly. The present invention further includes a charging and recycling system and a sample feeding assembly, wherein the charging and recycling system includes a fixed seat, a capillary tube push-out device, a storage device, a first driving device, and a waste liquid recycling device; the capillary tube push-out device is used for pushing capillary tubes out of the storage device and squeezing out reagents stored in the storage device; the storage device is used for storing the reagents and providing the coated capillary tubes.

An apparatus for automated capping and de-capping of test tubes having an ejector pin system for individualized cap ejection.

Embodiments are directed to a removable cap with a top hole and a seal with a heat induction closure for sealing an opening of a container. Advantageously, the cap and the seal do not need to be removed for a probe to access contents of the container, when used in a diagnostic analyzer, thereby eliminating operator steps of cap removal and seal peeling/perforation. Automated opening of the cap and seal combination is provided by puncturing the seal. The seal retains its opened shape required for unobstructed, non-contact probe access to contents of the container. The seal is comprised of three layers: a first polymer sealing layer capable of being heat-sealed to a container; an aluminum foil layer on top of the first polymer sealing layer, configured to heat seal the first layer by inductive heating; and a second polymer layer on top of the aluminum foil layer for protection.

Provided are an automatic sampling device and method and, more specifically, are an automatic sampling device and method which automatically remove a lid when collecting a sample in order to analyze the state of a chemical solution (medicinal fluid) and which automatically reverse a sample collection container so that the container can be used after being washed with ultrapure water, and thus the device prevents medicinal fluid contamination caused by the sample collection container, lid, adjacent objects in contact therewith, or space during sampling, without being affected by outside conditions during the sampling, prevents safety accidents such as errors or risk caused by manual work, and is improved so as to increase the reliability of sampling.