WO2001054817A2 - Cuvettes, appareil d'analyse biologique automatise utilisant de telles cuvettes, moyen de transfert de cuvettes dans un tel appareil et procede de transfert - Google Patents
Cuvettes, appareil d'analyse biologique automatise utilisant de telles cuvettes, moyen de transfert de cuvettes dans un tel appareil et procede de transfert Download PDFInfo
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Definitions
- Cuvette (1) intended for use in an automated biological analysis device and consisting of a container (2) which comprises a wall (3) delimiting a concavity (4), characterized in that it comprises orientation and manipulation means (5) of the bowl (1) in the apparatus, where the orientation and manipulation means (5) consist of a tongue (5) located at the lower end of the bowl (1), and where also the orientation means are constituted by the shape of the container (2) of the bowl (1).
- An automated biological analysis device consisting of at least two carousels (10 and 20) in which are housed (11 and 21) capable of receiving cuvettes (1), according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , and a means for transferring at least one bowl (1) from one of the carousels (10) to another carousel (20), each carousel (10 or 20) consists of two wheels (12 and 13 or 22 and 23), a fixed lower wheel (12 or 22) which guides the movement of the bowls (1), and a mobile upper wheel (13 or 23) which drives the bowls (1) in rotation, 16
- the bore (15) of the fixed lower wheel (12) of a first carousel (10) in the upper position is positioned opposite the same bore (25) of the wheel fixed lower (22) of a second carousel (20) in the lower position, the bores cooperating with the transfer means (7).
- each lug (18) having a substantially L shape, said fork (8) being movable between two positions; a first position where the lugs (18) allow passage of the tongue (5) of the bowl (1) at the level of the groove (19) and a second position where said lugs (18) secure the bowl (1) to the fork (8).
- the present invention relates to cuvettes which can be used in a biological analysis apparatus, and more particularly to immunological tests. It also relates to a means of transferring such cuvettes within the apparatus, this device forming an integral part of said analysis apparatus.
- the state of the art generally consists of completely conventional deformed cuvettes, that is to say in the form of a tube or test tube, with a U-shaped longitudinal section and a rounded deformed cross section.
- This form does not facilitate handling in a biological analysis machine and requires many means implemented for conveying within an analysis device.
- US-A-4,639,135 relates to an arrangement of twelve cuvettes joined together to form a segment of a circle. Some of the bowls, a priori two, have a frustoconical extension, which serves as a guide for all of the bowls of each segment. The sole objective is to allow the correct positioning in an analysis device.
- the patent US-A-4,021,124 presents containers allowing an optical observation of liquids contained within them.
- the bowls are secured to a heat conducting body, itself secured to a heating plate by a dovetail notch.
- US-A-5,813,759 relates to a method and apparatus for applying a vortex effect to a liquid present in a bowl, which uses centrifugal force.
- Each bowl has a protruding end located at the lower end of said bowl.
- this retention is effected by simple friction.
- this protruding end has no orientation and manipulation functions within the meaning of the present invention, that is to say defined as follows: Orientation function performed by a tongue which facilitates the guiding of the whole of a bowl 1 within a device without the possibility of rotation of the bowl 1 on itself, and
- Patent application EP-A-0.819.941 proposes bowls which comprise means for conveying and transporting said bowls within a machine. These means consist of flanges and teeth located at the upper end of each bowl.
- the bowls provide a solution to all of the problems of the state of the art. They can be used in an automatic machine while being easy to handle. In addition, their shape facilitates their orientation even when the machine operating with such bowls, which is loose in a compartment of said machine provided for this purpose.
- Such a supply of bulk cuvettes has been described in a patent application filed by the applicant on the same day as this patent application, under the title: "Cuvette supply device for a biological analysis apparatus and method power supply to such a device ”.
- the present invention relates to a cuvette intended to be used in an automated biological analysis apparatus and consisting of a container which comprises a wall delimiting a concavity, this cuvette is particularly advantageous because it comprises means for orientation and manipulation of the bowl in the device.
- these orientation and manipulation means are constituted by a tab located at the lower end of the bowl.
- the tongue constituting the orientation and handling means is circumscribed by the extension of the plane which defines the wall of the container of the bowl.
- the orientation means consist of the shape of the bowl container, the cross section of which has symmetry with respect to a median axis.
- the bowl has a cross section of oval, oblong or rectangular shape.
- the tab has a hole allowing its manipulation by a transfer means of an automatic biological analysis apparatus.
- the present invention also relates to an automated biological analysis apparatus, consisting of at least two carousels in which there are housings which can receive cuvettes, as defined above, and a means of transferring minus one bowl from one of the carousels to another carousel, each carousel consists of two wheels, a fixed lower wheel which guides the movement of the bowls, and a movable upper wheel which drives the bowls in rotation.
- the movable upper wheel has bores which cooperate with the container in the upper position of each bowl, and the fixed lower wheel has a circular groove which cooperates with the tongue in the lower position of each bowl as well as at least one bore which cooperates with a means for transferring cuvettes from one carousel to another carousel.
- the bore of the fixed lower wheel of a first carousel in the upper position is positioned opposite the same bore of the fixed lower wheel of a second carousel in the position lower, the bores cooperating with the transfer means.
- the present invention also relates to a means for transferring a cuvette, as described above, making it possible to transfer a cuvette from a carousel to another carousel of the same automated biological analysis device, defined above, which consists of a fork and a mechanism to activate the fork according to two movements:
- a spacer is present between the fork and the carousel, this spacer having a shape adapted to the shape of the container.
- the fork is made up of two lugs separated by a groove, each lug having a substantially L shape, said fork being movable between two positions:
- the present invention finally relates to a method of transferring a cuvette, as defined above, from a carousel to another carousel of the same automated biological analysis device, defined above, via a transfer means, already described. This process consists of:
- the reverse process which consists of raising the bowls rather than lowering them, is also feasible, it consists of: - simultaneously moving step by step all of the upper movable wheels of the apparatus carousels,
- the pitch of the displacement of the upper mobile wheels of the carousels of the device is equal to the distance separating two adjacent bores of these upper mobile wheels.
- Figure 1 shows a front view of a bowl according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 represents a profile view of the bowl of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 represents a perspective view of the bowl of FIGS. 1 and 2.
- FIG. 4 represents a front view of the upper end of a device for handling the bowl according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5 represents a profile view of the upper end of the handling device of FIG. 4.
- FIG. 6 represents a top view of the upper end of said manipulation device of FIGS. 4 and 5.
- FIG. 7 represents a perspective and enlarged view of the manipulation device of FIGS. 4 to 6.
- FIG. 8 represents a side view of the upper end of the handling device which is ready to take into account the lower end of the bowl.
- FIG. 9 represents a side view of FIG. 8.
- FIG. 10 represents an identical but enlarged view of FIG. 8.
- Figure 11 shows a view similar to Figure 10, but in which the upper end of the handling device which is taking into account the lower end of the bowl.
- FIG. 12 represents a view similar to FIGS. 10 and 11, but in which the upper end of said handling device which has taken account of the lower end of said bowl.
- FIG. 13 represents a partial perspective view of a fixed lower wheel of a carousel equipped with a handling device according to a first embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 14 represents a partial perspective view of a fixed lower wheel of a carousel equipped with a handling device according to a second embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 15 represents an enlarged view of the handling device according to FIG. 14, said device being removed from the carousel which normally surrounds it.
- the two parts constituting the upper end are voluntarily and partially extended relative to one another.
- FIG. 16 represents a sectional view along A- A of FIG. 13, but in which the section takes into account two carousels partially superimposed one above the other, the bowl to be transferred being in the upper carousel and the range taking into account said bowl.
- FIG. 17 represents a view identical to FIG. 16, in which the bowl has been transferred to the lower carousel and the fork releasing said bowl.
- the present invention relates to a cuvette 1, as well as an apparatus for using such a cuvette 1.
- the invention also relates to a transfer means 7 present in the automated biological analysis apparatus as well as the method for transferring a cuvette 1 within this unit.
- this bowl 1 has a very particular shape compared to the cuvettes of the state of the art used in automatic biological analysis machines.
- this bowl 1 has two parts; a first part in the upper position, called container 2, which has a wall 3 delimiting a concavity 4, into which can be poured, mixed, etc. biological reagents whether or not to undergo reaction activities, a second part of the bowl 1 is formed in the lower position by a tongue 5 which is located in the extension of the wall 3 of the container 2 without lateral overflow.
- This tongue 5 has a hole 6 whose function will be described later.
- orientation and manipulation means 7 are constituted by this tongue 1 which facilitates the guiding of the whole of the bowl 1 within the device without the possibility of rotation on itself of said bowl 1, but also allows its manipulation by a particular device, well represented in FIGS. 4 to 7.
- This particular device consists of a fork 8 which is only the upper part of the transfer means 7.
- This fork 8 essentially consists of a tubular section whose free upper end, shown on FIGS. 4 to 7, has a configuration which allows a bowl 1 to be taken into account as shown in FIGS. 8 to 12.
- each lug 18 has a shape substantially of L, one of the ends of L being integral with the body of the fork 8, while the other end is free but has a bevelled surface 28. This bevelled surface 28 makes it easier for fork 8 to take into account the bowl 1.
- the bowl 1 is not movable in rotation, while the fork 8 is according to the arrows F3 and F4 of Figure 6.
- the pivoting takes place according to F3; in this case, the free end of the lugs 18 is introduced progressively, during the rotation of the fork 8 along F3, inside the hole 6 of the tongue 5 of the bowl 1.
- the connection is almost complete due to the fact that there is a slightly bevelled surface in the lower part of the lug 18 which increases the connection of the bowl 1 or fork 8.
- the reverse action according to F4 is exactly the opposite of F3 and can be viewed by observing Figures 12, 11 and 10 in the order shown.
- the immobilization of the bowl 1 in rotation is achieved by the fact that this tongue 5 passes through a carousel 10 or 20, which will be detailed later, at the level of a fixed lower wheel 12 or 22 shown for example in Figure 13.
- This wheel 12 has a circular groove 14 whose width and depth are adapted to the dimensions of the tongue 5.
- the fork 8 whose upper part of the lugs is shown on this Figure 13.
- the fork 8 is movable in rotation along F3 and F4, but also along the longitudinal axis of the fork 8, along F5 and F6, as will be explained later. All these movements according to F3 to F6 are produced by the action of the lower part 9 of the transfer means 7, also called mechanism 9 for actuating said fork 8.
- This mechanism 9 for actuating fork 8 is not visible, and only its approximate position can be seen in the figures. It 9 can be made up of all mechanisms known to a person skilled in the art, making it possible to carry out movements along two axes, one rotary according to F3 and F4 (gear, chain, belt), the other vertical according to F5 and F6 (rack , cylinder). 10
- a spacer 17 can be inserted between the fork 8 and the wheel 12.
- This spacer 17 also has a groove 27 which is located in the extension of the circular groove 14. This groove 27 is also slightly circular. The advantage of the presence of this spacer 17 is to allow to have depressions which container 1 the
- FIGS. 16 and 17 describe more precisely the arrangement of the various carousels 10 and 20 which may overlap in an automated biological analysis apparatus according to the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a section along AA in FIG. 13.
- the section AA is more complex than the element represented in FIG. 13.
- FIG. 13 is represented only the lower fixed wheel 12 of the upper carousel 10 with a view of the free upper end of the fork 8.
- FIG. 16 it can be seen that there are two overlapping carousels 10 and 20, an upper carousel 10 and a lower carousel 20.
- Each carousel 10 or 20 in fact consists of a movable upper wheel 13 or 23 and of a fixed lower wheel 12 or 22.
- the cut AA is therefore carried out at the level of the circular groove 14 of the fixed lower wheel 12 but also at the level of the circular groove 24 of the fixed upper wheel 22.
- the two grooves 14 and 24 as well as the two carousels 10 and 20 are only partially superimposed, they only overlap over a small part of their circumference.
- the two grooves 14 and 24 really only overlap at one point which is the passage area of the fork 8. All that concerns the upper carousel 10 is therefore behind the plane of the sheet, while all what concerns the lower carousel 20 is located in front of this plane.
- the two movable upper wheels 13 and 23 only comprise a succession of housings or bores 11 or 21 which make it possible to transport the bowls 1 which are guided in their movement by the position of the tongues 5 in the grooves 14 and 24.
- Each fixed lower wheel 12 or 22 has a bore 15 or 25, which extends into the groove circular 14 or 24 in the form of an imprint 16 or 26 on either side of said groove 14 or 24.
- the bores 15 and 25 as well as the imprints 16 and 26 are located in the extension of each other, of so that when a cup 1, guided by a bore 11, arrives at the movable upper wheel 13 of the upper carousel 10 opposite the bores 15 and
- the fork 8 is positioned so that its lugs 18 are in the extension of the lateral parts of the groove 14 and that the groove 19 of the fork 8 is also located in the extension of the circular groove 14.
- FIGS. 16 and 17 With regard to the operation of the analysis apparatus, it can be seen in FIGS. 16 and 17 that the mobile upper wheel 13 of the upper carousel 10 rotates according to FI, while the mobile upper wheel 23 of the upper carousel 20 rotates according to F2 .
- the rotations FI and F2 are carried out in the same direction, it is however possible that the two wheels 13 and 23 rotate in opposite directions.
- the fork 8 rises according to F5 so that its groove 19 is in the extension of the groove 14. Then, the movable upper wheel 13 rotates along FI and brings a new bore 11 transporting a bowl 1 above said fork 8. In this position, the tongue 5 of this bowl 1 is positioned exactly between the lugs 18 of the fork 8. The latter 8 undergoes a rotation along F3, which allows the taking into account by said fork 8 of the bowl 1, bowl 1 which cannot rotate on it- even due to its imprisonment, within the bore 11 and the groove 12
- the fork 8 will drive downwards along F6 of FIG. 17 the bowl 1 which allows this bowl 1 to be brought to the level of the lower movable plate 23.
- said fork 8 will be rotated according to F4 and bowl 1 will be released.
- the tongue 5 of this cup 1 is positioned exactly between the lugs 18 of the fork 8 and the groove 19 is in the extension of the circular groove 24. It will then be possible for the movable upper wheel 23 of the carousel 20 to be rotated according to F2. Thus, we find our in the starting position.
- Container wall 2 4. Container concavity 2 delimited by wall 3
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JP2001554792A JP2003520973A (ja) | 2000-01-28 | 2001-01-29 | キュベット、かかるキュベットを使用する自動生物分析装置、かかる装置内にキュベットを移送する手段と移送方法 |
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EP01903982A EP1253978A2 (fr) | 2000-01-28 | 2001-01-29 | Cuvettes, appareil d'analyse biologique automatise utilisant de telles cuvettes, moyen de transfert de cuvettes dans un tel appareil et procede de transfert |
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