Sample tube processing device and assembly line system

Abstract

The utility model discloses a sample tube processing device and an assembly line system.The sample tube processing device comprises a clamping assembly and at least two refrigeration assemblies, and each refrigeration assembly comprises a refrigeration body and a cover. Wherein the clamping assembly is used for moving the cover body of one of the at least two refrigeration assemblies away from the corresponding refrigeration main body and placing the cover body on the other refrigeration assembly of the at least two refrigeration assemblies. The cover body is moved away from the corresponding refrigeration main body through the clamping assembly for clamping the sample tube, a user does not need to manually move the cover body or additionally arrange an electric drive mechanism to control opening and closing of the cover body, automatic opening and closing of the upper cover of the refrigeration assembly are achieved, and meanwhile additional device cost does not need to be increased. Meanwhile, after the cover body of one refrigeration assembly is moved away, the moved-away cover body can be arranged on the other refrigeration assembly, a cover body placing area does not need to be additionally arranged, the space of the sample tube treatment device can be effectively reduced, and the use experience of a user on the sample tube treatment device is improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of sample tube processing, in particular to a sample tube processing device and a pipeline system. BACKGROUND

[0002] At present, blood detection equipment needs to use quality control products to confirm the state of the equipment before daily use. Before the equipment performs normal detection, a quality control product with a known concentration is tested. If the test index meets the requirements, it means that the equipment state is normal and can be used.

[0003] Since the commonly used quality control products contain biological reagent components, they need to be stored in a 2-8℃ environment for daily storage, so it is generally necessary to set a refrigeration area in the sample tube processing device to centrally refrigerate and manage the quality control products. When the quality control products are needed, they are taken out from the refrigeration area, and after the quality control detection is completed, they are put back into the refrigeration area for refrigeration.

[0004] Since the refrigeration area needs to ensure sealing to reduce heat exchange, a openable cover is needed to seal the cavity for storing the quality control products. The openable cover is commonly realized by manual opening and closing, electric opening and closing, etc. Among them, the manual opening and closing is relatively simple in structure, but needs manual participation, and the whole quality control test process cannot be automated. The opening and closing mode with drive such as electric opening and closing can realize the automatic execution of quality control test, but needs to increase an additional electric drive mechanism to control the cover of the refrigeration area, which has additional cost. Content of the utility model

[0005] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present application provides a sample tube processing device, which comprises a clamping assembly and at least two refrigeration assemblies, the clamping assembly is arranged apart from the at least two refrigeration assemblies, the refrigeration assembly is used for refrigerating sample tubes, and the clamping assembly is used for clamping the sample tubes in the refrigeration assembly; each refrigeration assembly comprises a refrigeration main body and a cover, the refrigeration main body has a containing space for placing the sample tubes, the refrigeration main body is provided with an opening, and the cover is arranged at the opening.

[0006] The clamping assembly is also used for moving the cover of one of the at least two refrigeration assemblies away from the corresponding refrigeration main body, and placing the cover on another refrigeration assembly of the at least two refrigeration assemblies.

[0007] Among them, the side of the cover away from the refrigeration main body is provided with a grabbing part, and the clamping assembly clamps the grabbing part to clamp the cover.

[0008] The plurality of positioning members are arranged around the periphery of the cover body and are used to support and position other cover bodies placed on the cover body.

[0009] The plurality of positioning grooves are arranged corresponding to the positioning members, and when other cover bodies are placed on the cover body, the positioning members of the cover body are located in the positioning grooves of the other cover bodies.

[0010] The cover body is further provided with a plurality of fixing holes, and the plurality of fixing holes are arranged around the periphery of the cover body.

[0011] The opening of the refrigeration body is provided with a plurality of fixing members, and the fixing members are arranged corresponding to the fixing holes.

[0012] The grabbing part includes two grabbing pins, the clamping assembly includes two clamping jaws, and the distance between the two clamping jaws is equal to the distance between the two grabbing pins.

[0013] The refrigeration assembly further includes a sample tube storage assembly arranged in the accommodation space of the refrigeration body and used to load the sample tubes to be refrigerated.

[0014] The sample tube processing device further includes a refrigeration assembly connected with the refrigeration body and used to reduce the temperature in the accommodation space of the refrigeration body.

[0015] The sample tube processing device further includes a heat dissipation assembly arranged in interval with the refrigeration assembly and used to reduce the heat generated by the operation of the refrigeration assembly.

[0016] In order to solve the above technical problems, the application further provides a pipeline system, which includes the sample tube processing device and a sample analyzer, and the sample tube processing device is arranged in interval with the sample analyzer to provide sample tubes for the sample analyzer to perform refrigeration operation.

[0017] The beneficial effects of the present application: Different from the prior art, the sample tube processing device of the present application comprises a clamping assembly and at least two refrigeration assemblies. Each refrigeration assembly comprises a refrigeration main body and a cover body, the refrigeration main body has a containing space for placing samples, the refrigeration main body is provided with an opening, and the cover body is arranged at the opening to seal the containing space. The clamping assembly is used to move the cover body of one of the at least two refrigeration assemblies away from the corresponding refrigeration main body and place the cover body on another refrigeration assembly of the at least two refrigeration assemblies. The cover body is moved away from the corresponding refrigeration main body by the clamping assembly which clamps the sample tube, without the need for the user to manually move or additionally set up an electric drive mechanism to control the opening and closing of the cover body, so as to realize the automatic opening and closing of the cover on the refrigeration assembly without the need for additional device costs. At the same time, after the cover of one refrigeration assembly is moved away, the moved cover can be arranged on another refrigeration assembly, without the need for additionally arranging a cover placing area, so as to effectively reduce the space of the sample tube processing device and improve the user experience of the sample tube processing device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed in the embodiment description will be briefly introduced. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor.

[0019] Among them:

[0020] Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a first embodiment of the sample tube processing device of the present application;

[0021] Figure 2 is a structural schematic diagram of a second embodiment of the sample tube processing device of the present application;

[0022] Figure 3 is a structural schematic diagram of a third embodiment of the sample tube processing device of the present application;

[0023] Figure 4 is a structural schematic diagram of an embodiment of the cover body of the present application;

[0024] Figure 5 is Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a partial area A in the cover body.

[0025] Corresponding reference signs: sample tube processing device 1; clamping assembly 11; clamping jaw 111; refrigeration assembly 12; cover body 121; grabbing part 1211; grabbing pin 12111; positioning part 1212; fixing hole 1213; refrigeration main body 122; fixing part 1221. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] The scheme of the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0027] In the following description, for the purposes of explanation and not of limitation, specific details are set forth, such as particular sequences of steps, interfaces, techniques, etc., in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application.

[0028] Reference in the specification to "an embodiment", "another embodiment", etc., means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are the various embodiments mutually exclusive or mutually inclusive of other embodiments.

[0029] The term "and / or" in the present application is merely an association relationship of the associated objects, which means that there can be three relationships, for example, A and / or B can represent the three cases of A alone, A and B together, and B alone. In addition, the character " / " in the present application generally represents an "or" relationship between the front and rear associated objects. In addition, "multiple" in the present application means two or more than two. In addition, the term "at least one" in the present application means any one of multiple or any combination of at least two of multiple, for example, including at least one of A, B and C can mean including any one or more elements selected from the set consisting of A, B and C. In addition, the terms "first", "second", "third" in the present application are only for description purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features.

[0030] Please refer to Figure 1 , Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a first embodiment of a sample tube processing device of the present application. The sample tube processing device 1 provided by the embodiment of the present application comprises a clamping assembly 11 and at least two refrigeration assemblies 12.

[0031] The clamping assembly 11 is arranged apart from the at least two refrigeration assemblies 12, the refrigeration assemblies 12 are used for refrigerating sample tubes, and the clamping assembly 11 is used for clamping the sample tubes in the refrigeration assemblies 12; and each refrigeration assembly 12 comprises a cover body 121 and a refrigeration main body 122. The refrigeration main body 122 has a containing space for placing sample tubes, the refrigeration main body 122 is provided with an opening, and the cover body 121 is arranged at the opening and used for sealing the containing space for refrigerating the sample tubes, so as to reduce heat exchange between the containing space and the external environment and ensure the refrigeration efficiency of the refrigeration assembly 12 on the sample tubes. The sample tubes can be loaded with quality control articles used for quality control detection operation, the sample tubes can be loaded with quality control article reagents used for quality control detection operation, and the refrigeration assembly 12 is used for refrigerating the quality control articles or the quality control articles and the quality control article reagents.

[0032] Wherein, please refer to Figure 2 , Figure 2 is a structural schematic diagram of a second embodiment of a sample tube processing device. The clamping assembly 11 is also used to move the cover 121 away from the refrigeration main body 122 to expose the sample tubes refrigerated inside the refrigeration main body 122, and then the clamping assembly 11 can clamp the sample tubes in the refrigeration main body 122 and move the sample tubes to the assembly for subsequent operation.

[0033] Further, please refer to Figure 3 , Figure 3 is a structural schematic diagram of a third embodiment of a sample tube processing device. After the clamping assembly 11 moves the cover 121 of at least one of the refrigeration assemblies 12 away from the corresponding refrigeration main body 122, the clamping assembly 11 can place the cover 121 on another refrigeration assembly 12 of the at least two refrigeration assemblies 12.

[0034] Specifically, when the clamping assembly 11 needs to clamp the sample tubes in the first refrigeration assembly 12, the clamping assembly 11 can first move the cover 121 of the first refrigeration assembly 12 away from the refrigeration main body 122 and place the cover 121 of the first refrigeration assembly 12 on the second refrigeration assembly 12, so that the clamping assembly 11 is idle and can clamp the sample tubes in the refrigeration main body 122 of the first refrigeration assembly 12.

[0035] By placing the cover 121 of at least one of the refrigeration assemblies 12 on another refrigeration assembly 12 of the at least two refrigeration assemblies 12, the sample tube processing device 1 does not need to additionally provide a space for placing the cover 121, that is, the occupied space of the sample tube processing device 1 is reduced. At the same time, the clamping assembly 11 can clamp the sample tubes in the refrigeration assembly 12, and the clamping assembly 11 can separate the cover 121 of the refrigeration assembly 12 from the refrigeration main body 122, without the need for manual operation to separate the cover 121 from the refrigeration main body 122 in the refrigeration assembly 12, thereby improving the automation degree of the sample tube processing device 1, and without the need for an additional electric drive mechanism to control the opening and closing of the cover 121 on the refrigeration main body 122, thereby reducing the device cost of the sample tube processing device 1 and improving the user experience of the sample tube processing device 1.

[0036] Optionally, please refer to Figure 4 , Figure 4 is a structural schematic diagram of an embodiment of a cover. The cover 121 provided in the embodiment is provided with a grabbing part 1211 away from the refrigeration main body 122, and the clamping assembly 11 can clamp the grabbing part 1211 to clamp the cover 121 and separate the cover 121 from the refrigeration main body 122.

[0037] Optionally, the cover 121 is provided with a plurality of positioning members 1212 on the side away from the refrigeration body 122. The plurality of positioning members 1212 are arranged around the periphery of the cover 121 and are used to support and position other covers 121 placed on the cover 121. For the sake of clarity, the other cover 121 will be referred to as the first cover 121 and the cover 121 on which the other cover 121 is placed will be referred to as the second cover 121. The positioning members 1212 can be positioning pins.

[0038] Further, the cover 121 is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves (not shown) on the side close to the refrigeration body 122. The positioning grooves are arranged correspondingly with the positioning members 1212. When the first cover 121 is placed on the second cover 121, the positioning members 1212 of the second cover 121 are partially located in the positioning grooves of the first cover 121.

[0039] Specifically, please refer to Figure 3 When the first cover 121 is placed on the second cover 121, the positioning members 1212 of the second cover 121 are partially located in the positioning grooves of the first cover 121. The positioning members 1212 of the second cover 121 position and support the first cover 121. Not all of the positioning members 1212 are located in the positioning grooves. That is, when the first cover 121 is placed on the second cover 121, there is a certain distance between the first cover 121 and the second cover 121. This avoids the inner side of the first cover 121 (the side close to the refrigeration body 122 when connected with the refrigeration body 122) from contacting the outer side of the second cover 121 (the side away from the refrigeration body 122 when connected with the refrigeration body 122), which can cause contamination or wear of the inner side of the first cover 121 and improve the safety of the cover 121.

[0040] Further, the cooperation of the positioning members 1212 and the positioning grooves positions the first cover 121 placed on the second cover 121, which avoids the situation that the first cover 121 placed on the second cover 121 by the clamping assembly 11 cannot be positioned accurately and the first cover 121 falls off the second cover 121, further improving the safety of the movement of the first cover 121.

[0041] It can be understood that all the refrigeration assemblies 12 in the sample tube processing device 1 can have the same size, or the openings of different refrigeration bodies 122 have the same size, and further the covers 121 corresponding to different refrigeration bodies 122 have the same size, so as to improve the stability of the first cover 121 placed on the second cover 121.

[0042] Optionally, the cover 121 is further provided with a plurality of fixing holes 1213 arranged around the periphery of the cover 121. As Figure 2 andFigure 3 As shown, the opening of the refrigeration main body 122 is provided with a plurality of fixing members 1221, and the fixing members 1221 and the fixing holes 1213 are correspondingly arranged. Further, when the cover body 121 is arranged at the opening of the refrigeration main body 122 to seal the accommodating space of the refrigeration main body 122, the fixing members 1221 are located in the fixing holes 1213, so as to realize the positioning and fixing of the cover body 121 by the refrigeration main body 122, and improve the stability of the connection between the cover body 121 and the refrigeration main body 122. The fixing members 1221 can be fixed pins.

[0043] Optionally, please refer to Figure 4 and Figure 5 , Figure 5 is Figure 1 the structure diagram of the local area A of the refrigerator. The grabbing part 1211 includes two grabbing pins 12111, the clamping assembly 11 includes two clamping jaws 111, and the distance between the two clamping jaws 111 is equal to the distance between the two grabbing pins 12111. Therefore, the two clamping jaws 111 of the clamping assembly 11 can simultaneously grab the two grabbing pins 12111, thereby improving the stability of the clamping assembly 11 in grabbing the cover body 121 when separating the cover body 121 from the refrigeration main body 122.

[0044] In an embodiment, the grabbing part 1211 can also be a door handle structure in the shape of an inverted U. Further, the clamping assembly 11 can separate the cover body 121 from the corresponding refrigeration main body 122 by grabbing the door handle structure. The specific structure of the grabbing part 1211 is not limited in the present application.

[0045] Optionally, the refrigeration assembly 12 further includes a sample tube storage assembly (not shown in the figure), which is arranged in the accommodating space of the refrigeration main body 122 and is used to load sample tubes that need to be refrigerated. Further, the clamping assembly 11 can directly clamp the neatly arranged sample tubes from the sample tube storage assembly, thereby improving the clamping efficiency of the clamping assembly 11.

[0046] Optionally, the sample tube processing device 1 further includes a refrigeration assembly (not shown in the figure), which is connected with the refrigeration main body 122 and is used to reduce the temperature in the accommodating space of the refrigeration main body 122, so as to provide a suitable storage temperature for the sample tubes placed in the refrigeration main body 122.

[0047] In an embodiment, the sample tube processing device 1 can further include a temperature detector (not shown in the figure), which can be placed in the accommodating space of the refrigeration main body 122 and is used to detect the temperature in the accommodating space, and then feed back the temperature to the refrigeration assembly to control the refrigeration assembly to increase or decrease the temperature in the accommodating space.

[0048] Specifically, the temperature detector can transmit a signal to the refrigeration assembly that the temperature in the accommodation space is high and needs to be reduced, the current in the refrigeration assembly increases, the refrigeration effect on the accommodation space is enhanced, and the temperature in the accommodation space is reduced; and the temperature detector can transmit a signal to the refrigeration assembly that the temperature in the accommodation space is low and needs to be increased, the current in the refrigeration assembly decreases, the refrigeration effect on the accommodation space is weakened, and the temperature in the accommodation space is increased.

[0049] The temperature detector and the refrigeration assembly cooperate to provide a suitable storage temperature for the sample tube placed in the refrigeration body 122, improve the storage efficiency of the refrigeration assembly 12 on the sample tube, and improve the practicability of the sample tube processing device 1.

[0050] Optionally, the sample tube processing device 1 further comprises a heat dissipation assembly (not shown in the figure), which is arranged apart from the refrigeration assembly and is used to reduce the heat generated by the operation of the refrigeration assembly. Specifically, the heat dissipation assembly can be arranged close to the shell part of the sample tube processing device 1 relative to the refrigeration assembly. Further, the area of the shell of the sample tube processing device 1 corresponding to the heat dissipation assembly can be provided with a heat dissipation window. Thus, the heat dissipation assembly can take away the heat generated by the operation of the refrigeration assembly from the inside of the sample tube processing device 1, so as to avoid the situation that the refrigeration assembly is overheated and the refrigeration efficiency of the refrigeration assembly is affected, or the heat generated by the operation of the refrigeration assembly is transferred to other components inside the sample tube processing device 1, affecting the operation of other components of the sample tube processing device 1, improving the safety and practicability of the sample tube processing device 1.

[0051] In summary, the sample tube processing device 1 provided by the embodiment of the present application is provided with at least two refrigeration assemblies 12, so that when the cover 121 of at least one of the refrigeration assemblies 12 is removed from the corresponding refrigeration body 122, it can be placed on another refrigeration assembly 12 of the at least two refrigeration assemblies 12. The sample tube processing device 1 does not need to additionally provide a space for placing the cover 121, that is, the occupied space of the sample tube processing device 1 is reduced.

[0052] Meanwhile, the clamping assembly 11 can clamp the sample tube in the refrigeration assembly 12, and the clamping assembly 11 can also separate the cover 121 of the refrigeration assembly 12 from the refrigeration body 122, realizing the reuse of the clamping assembly 11. The separation of the cover 121 of the refrigeration assembly 12 from the refrigeration body 122 does not need to be operated manually, the automation degree of the sample tube processing device 1 is improved, and the opening and closing of the cover 121 on the refrigeration body 122 does not need to be controlled by an electric drive mechanism, the device cost of the sample tube processing device 1 is reduced, and the user experience of the sample tube processing device 1 is improved.

[0053] The application also provides a pipeline system (not shown in the figure) comprising the sample tube processing device 1 and a sample analyzer, the sample tube processing device 1 is arranged apart from the sample analyzer to provide the sample analyzer with sample tubes that need to be refrigerated.

[0054] Specifically, when the sample analyzer needs to use the sample tube stored in the refrigeration assembly 12 of the sample tube processing device 1 for detection (the sample analyzer needs to perform quality control detection), the clamping assembly 11 in the sample tube processing device 1 removes the cover 121 of one of the refrigeration assemblies 12 in the sample tube processing device 1 by clamping the grabbing part 1211 of the cover 121, and exposes the sample tube stored in the corresponding refrigeration main body 122. Then, the clamping assembly 11 places the clamped cover 121 on the other refrigeration assembly 12 in the sample tube processing device 1, and then moves to the refrigeration main body 122 where the sample tube is exposed to clamp the sample tube. Then, the clamping assembly 11 places the sample tube on the sample rack inside the sample tube processing device 1, and the sample tube processing device 1 moves the sample tube loaded with the sample tube to the sample analyzer to provide the sample analyzer with the sample tube.

[0055] Meanwhile, the clamping assembly 11 moves to the refrigeration assembly 12 again, clamps the cover 121 placed on the other refrigeration assembly 12 to the corresponding refrigeration main body 122 to seal the accommodation space of the refrigeration main body 122 and maintain the temperature inside the refrigeration main body 122 for storing the sample tube.

[0056] The above is only an embodiment of the application, and does not limit the patent scope of the application. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation using the content of the specification and drawings, or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields, is also included in the patent protection scope of the application.

Claims

1. A sample tube processing apparatus, characterized by, The sample tube processing device comprises a clamping assembly and at least two refrigeration assemblies, the clamping assembly is spaced apart from the at least two refrigeration assemblies, the refrigeration assemblies are used for refrigerating sample tubes, and the clamping assembly is used for clamping the sample tubes in the refrigeration assemblies; each refrigeration assembly comprises a refrigeration body and a cover, the refrigeration body has a containing space for placing the sample tubes, and the refrigeration body is provided with an opening, and the cover is arranged at the opening. The clamping assembly is also used for moving the cover of one of the at least two refrigeration assemblies away from the corresponding refrigeration body and placing the cover on another refrigeration assembly of the at least two refrigeration assemblies.

2. The sample tube processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The side of the cover away from the refrigeration body is provided with a grabbing part, and the clamping assembly clamps the grabbing part to clamp the cover.

3. The sample tube processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The side of the cover away from the refrigeration body is provided with a plurality of positioning members, the plurality of positioning members are arranged around the periphery of the cover, and the plurality of positioning members are used for supporting and positioning other covers placed on the cover.

4. The sample tube processing apparatus of claim 3, wherein, The side of the cover close to the refrigeration body is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves, the positioning grooves are arranged correspondingly to the positioning members, and when the other cover is placed on the cover, the positioning members of the cover are located in the positioning grooves of the other cover.

5. The sample tube processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The cover is also provided with a plurality of fixing holes, the plurality of fixing holes are arranged around the periphery of the cover. The opening of the refrigeration body is provided with a plurality of fixing members, and the fixing members are arranged correspondingly to the fixing holes.

6. The sample tube processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein, The grabbing part comprises two grabbing pins, the clamping assembly comprises two clamping jaws, and the distance between the two clamping jaws is equal to the distance between the two grabbing pins.

7. The sample tube processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The refrigeration assembly further comprises a sample tube storage assembly arranged in the containing space of the refrigeration body and used for loading the sample tubes to be refrigerated.

8. The sample tube processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The sample tube processing device further comprises a refrigeration assembly connected with the refrigeration body and used for reducing the temperature in the containing space of the refrigeration body.

9. The sample tube processing apparatus of claim 8, wherein, The sample tube processing device further comprises a heat dissipation assembly spaced apart from the refrigeration assembly and used for reducing heat generated by the operation of the refrigeration assembly.

10. A pipelined system characterized by, The sample tube processing device comprises a clamping assembly and at least two refrigeration assemblies, the clamping assembly is spaced apart from the at least two refrigeration assemblies, the refrigeration assemblies are used for refrigerating sample tubes, and the clamping assembly is used for clamping the sample tubes in the refrigeration assemblies; each refrigeration assembly comprises a refrigeration body and a cover, the refrigeration body has a containing space for placing the sample tubes, and the refrigeration body is provided with an opening, and the cover is arranged at the opening.

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