Blood Analyzer Layout With One-Side Sample Transport 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 the need for excessive equipment and increased operational time and effort when moving between analyzer lines, leading to decreased work efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A configuration 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 the same side, with a continuous transport path connecting them, reducing the need to move between lines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
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 changes the spatial arrangement from a front-rear linear configuration to a side-by-side lateral configuration. The transporter moves samples in the left-right direction while the analyzers are positioned along the first side, allowing operators to access all analyzer lines from one location without moving between front-rear positions, thus improving operational efficiency while maintaining system capacity
2Extent of automation
If an unmanned transport car is used to transport samples, then sample transport between analyzer lines is automated, but it becomes excessive equipment for medium-scale facilities and is not easy to operate effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the automated transport function from a separate unmanned transport car and integrates it into the analyzer system itself. The transporter is positioned with its sample transport path extending along the first side of the analyzers, allowing the analyzers to access samples directly without requiring a separate autonomous transport vehicle, thus reducing equipment complexity while maintaining automation benefits
Solution Approach 2:
The transporter is designed to serve multiple functions: it transports samples to acquisition positions for both blood cell and blood coagulation analyzers, and its positioning allows operators to access power operations, consumables, terminal devices, and maintenance targets from the second side, making it a multi-functional component that reduces overall system complexity
3Productivity
If analyzer lines are arranged side by side, then work efficiency is improved by reducing movement time, but it requires precise positioning and orientation of the transporter and analyzers to allow access from the second side
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs asymmetric positioning where the blood cell analyzer and blood coagulation analyzer are arranged along the first side of the transporter in a specific lateral sequence. This asymmetric layout allows the sample transport path to extend continuously along the first side while enabling operator access to all functional elements from the second side, achieving work efficiency without requiring overly complex symmetric positioning
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an analysis system comprising: a blood cell analyzer 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; and a transporter configured to transport a sample to a first acquisition position on which the sample is acquired by the blood cell analyzer and a second acquisition position on which the sample is acquired by the blood coagulation analyzer, the transporter having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, wherein the blood cell analyzer and the blood coagulation analyzer are arranged along the first side of the transporter, and the blood cell analyzer, the blood coagulation analyzer, and the transporter are arranged in positions and orientations that allow accesses from the second side of the transporter.