The present invention relates to a transfer platform for a biological sample analyzer, comprising a movable carrier plate and an object stage which is placed on the carrier plate and separable from the carrier plate. The side of the carrier plate facing the object stage is an upper surface, and the reverse side is a lower surface. The side of the object stage facing the carrier plate is a lower surface, and the reverse side is an upper surface. The object stage and the carrier plate are respectively provided with magnetic blocks that magnetically attract each other. When the object stage is placed in a predetermined area on the carrier plate, the suction of the magnetic blocks automatically positions the object stage relative to the carrier plate, thereby achieving the technical effect of blind positioning. The present invention can be applied to test analyzers for specific proteins, cholesterol, heme, routine urine test, dry biochemical test, etc. The present invention has the advantages of convenient operation, time and effort saving, high efficiency and the like. Meanwhile, the present invention is simple in structure and low in cost, and is suitable for wide promotion.

A dosing module (137) in an agricultural environment, arranged to apply a milk sample of an animal (100) onto a dry stick (180a, 180b, 180c). The dosing module (137) includes a milk insertion connection (340) arranged to receive milk; a needle (350) configured to receive the milk and apply the received milk to the dry stick (180a, 180b, 180c); a first pump (611), configured to provide milk from the milk insertion connection (340) to the needle (350); and a position adjustment mechanism (510) configured to adjust the needle (350) between a retracted position (α) above the dry stick (180a, 180b, 180c) when dosing milk to the dry stick (180a, 180b, 180c), and at an extended position (β) when flushing milk through the needle (350); and an evacuator (195) arranged to intercept liquid output by the needle (350).

A system for diagnostic testing may include a meter for performing a diagnostic test on a sample applied to a test media, the meter having a housing and an interface for receiving a signal representing coding information, and a container configured to contain test media compatible with the meter, the container having a coding element associated therewith. Additionally, the system may provide a mechanism for removing the meter from an interconnected test container and reattaching it to a new container using on-container coding methods that can recalibrate the meter for the new container of test strips.

The present invention relates to an automatic in vitro diagnostic apparatus capable of automatically performing a series of examination processes including a pretreatment process for specific components included in a biological sample such as blood and urine. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a base frame 104; a cuvette tray 110 movable back and forth on the base frame 104, for mounting cuvette holders 10 accommodating a plurality of cuvettes arranged thereon alongside each other; a tube tray 120 movable back and forth on the base frame, for mounting tube holders 20 accommodating a plurality of sample tubes containing samples thereon; and a sampling operation unit 500 movable left and right on the base frame 104, for mixing a sample contained in the sample tube with a reagent, and dropping the mixed solution onto an analysis strip provided in the cuvette.

An elongated incubation trough has an indentation open toward a top end as well as a bottom. The indentation has a first receiving area to receive an elongated test strip as well as a second receiving area to receive an end section of a fluid line. The second receiving area is in fluidic communication with the first receiving area. A maximum width of the second receiving area at bottom height is greater than a maximum width of the first receiving area at bottom height.

The present invention relates to a horizontal-flow-type apparatus for automatically transporting reagent cartridges. The apparatus includes: a magazine (110) in which a plurality of reagent cartridges (1) is stacked; a conveyer belt (120) having a plurality of separating projections (121) arranged in a conveying direction to horizontally separately convey the reagent cartridges (1); a driving motor (130) for driving the conveyer belt (120); a feeding unit (140) for feeding the reagent cartridges (1) stacked in the magazine (110) onto the conveyer belt (120); an examining unit (150) disposed over the front end of the conveyer belt (120) to examine the reagent cartridges (1); and reagent cartridge aligning members (161, 162) disposed in the conveying line of the conveyer belt (120), opposite to the examining unit (150), to align the reagent cartridges (1) in position.

Provided are methods and systems that relate to configuring a handheld analyzer. The handheld analyzer may receive an identifier from a dual design test cartridge. The parameter module disposed within the handheld analyzer may determine parameters corresponding to the received test cartridge identifier. The parameter module may then configure the handheld analyzer to perform a test with the dual designed test cartridge using the determined parameters. In an embodiment, the diagnostic test module may determine the test corresponding to the received cartridge identifier and the diagnostic test module configures the handheld analyzer to perform the determined test with the test cartridge. In another embodiment, the dual test cartridge comprises an outer enclosure and an inner enclosure. The outer enclosure comprises a parameter module capable of storing test cartridge identification and may be reused to store new test identifications.

A system and method for automated transfer of a tape segment onto the face of a tissue block to be thin sectioned by microtomy includes applying, to a carrier strip, a plurality of serially-spaced patches of sample tape having an adhesive outer surface, transporting the carrier strip along a path adjacent to and spaced from the exposed sample surface to position one of the patches of sample tape adjacent to and covering the exposed sample surface, adhering the one of the patches of sample tape to the exposed sample surface.

A method for conducting environmental sampling includes determining to environmentally sample a particular paper transit ticket for a specific residue. Using an automated ticket device, at least one chemical reagent is applied to the particular paper transit ticket. The chemical reagent is selected based on the specific residue. The particular paper transit ticket is collected after the particular paper transit ticket was used as a fare media within a transit system. The at least one chemical reagent is analyzed to determine whether any of the specific residue is present.

A test device is configured for diagnostic testing and includes an optical readable medium, in turn including a pattern of spots of material arranged on a surface of the device. Several patterns may be provided. The patterns accordingly formed may be human and/or machine readable. They may notably encode security information, e.g., indicating whether the device has already been used. The spots may notably be inkjet spotted. In addition, a method is provided for decoding information encoded in a pattern of such a test device. In embodiments, liquid is introduced in the device, which comprises additional spots having a substantially different solubility than spots forming the actual pattern. Thus, the additional spots get solubilized in and flushed by the liquid as the latter wets them, and an initially hidden pattern may be read, which is formed of the remaining spots (not solubilized). Encoding methods are also provided.