Dual-Track Sample Analyzer for Biochemical and Electrolyte Testing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sample analyzers with integrated electrolyte analyzing mechanisms face efficiency issues due to imbalanced sample supply, affecting the analyzing efficiency of the reaction wheel.
Innovation Solution
A sample analyzer with separate tracks and dispensing mechanisms for biochemical and electrolyte analyzing, where the first track transfers samples requiring biochemical analyzing to reaction vessels and the second track transfers samples requiring electrolyte analyzing to analyzing vessels, using independent dispensing mechanisms to ensure efficient sample transfer without interference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If integrated electrolyte analyzing mechanisms are added to sample analyzers, then multifunctionality is improved, but sample supply efficiency to the reaction wheel deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the sample supply system into separate tracks: a first track for biochemical samples and a second track for electrolyte samples. Each track has its own dispensing mechanism, allowing independent operation and preventing interference between the two analyzing mechanisms, thus resolving the contradiction between multifunctionality and sample supply efficiency.
2Productivity
If separate tracks and dispensing mechanisms are used for biochemical and electrolyte analyzing, then sample supply efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a unified reaction wheel that can accommodate both biochemical and electrolyte analyzing mechanisms, with a common sample rack system that serves both tracks. This universal design allows the system to handle multiple sample types efficiently while sharing common infrastructure, thereby reducing the increase in device complexity.
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AI summary
The present invention discloses a sample analyzer and a sample aspiration method. The sample analyzer includes a first track (21), a second track (22), a reaction wheel (10), an electrolyte analyzing mechanism (30), a first sample dispensing mechanism, and a second sample dispensing mechanism. In the present invention, the first sample dispensing mechanism independently transfers the samples requiring biochemical analyzing from the first track (21) to the reaction vessels carried by the reaction wheel (10), and the second sample dispensing mechanism independently transfers the samples requiring electrolyte analyzing from the second track (22) to the analyzing vessels carried by the electrolyte analyzing mechanism (30).