Blood Cell and Coagulation Analyzer Layout for Single-Side Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing analysis systems with blood cell and coagulation analyzers are inefficient for medium-scale facilities due to excessive equipment and time-consuming operations, such as moving between analyzer lines, leading to decreased work-efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A system design where the blood cell analyzer and blood coagulation analyzer are arranged along one side of a transporter, allowing access to power operations, consumable settings, terminal devices, and maintenance from a single side, reducing unnecessary movement and workload.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If analyzer lines are arranged side by side in the front-rear direction, then the system can accommodate multiple analyzers, but it takes time and effort to move between analyzer lines for operations and consumable replacement, decreasing work-efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a front-rear arrangement of analyzer lines to a side-by-side arrangement along the left-right direction. This dimensional change allows the operator to access multiple analyzer lines from a single location, eliminating the need to move between lines for operations and consumable replacement, thereby resolving the contradiction between system capacity and work-efficiency
2Extent of automation
If an unmanned transport car is provided to transport samples, then sample transport between pre-processing block and analyzer block is automated, but the equipment becomes excessive and difficult to operate effectively in medium-scale facilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the unmanned transport car from the system, retaining only the essential sample transport function through a simplified conveyor mechanism integrated into the analyzer block. This elimination of excessive equipment while maintaining automation capability resolves the contradiction between automation extent and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the sample transport function with the analyzer block structure, integrating the conveyor mechanism into the existing system rather than adding a separate transport car. This consolidation reduces equipment complexity while preserving automated sample transport capability
3Ease of operation
If respective analyzer lines are connected with a transport path, then sample transport is enabled, but the side-by-side arrangement in front-rear direction causes excessive movement required for operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent repositions analyzer lines from a front-rear arrangement to a side-by-side arrangement along the left-right direction, aligned with the conveyor mechanism. This dimensional reorganization allows the operator to access all analyzer lines from a single front location, minimizing movement distance while maintaining ease of operation
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AI summary
Disclosed is an analysis system (1) comprising: a blood cell analyzer (2) configured to measure at least CBC items including white blood cell count, red blood cell count, hemoglobin amount, hematocrit value, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, and platelet count; a blood coagulation analyzer (3) ; and a transporter (4) configured to transport a sample to a first acquisition position on which the sample is acquired by the blood cell analyzer (2) and a second acquisition position on which the sample is acquired by the blood coagulation analyzer (3), the transporter (4) having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, wherein the blood cell analyzer (2) and the blood coagulation analyzer (3) are arranged along the first side of the transporter, and the blood cell analyzer (2), the blood coagulation analyzer (3), and the transporter (4) are arranged in positions and orientations that allow accesses from the second side of the transporter (4).