Procleix TIGRIS - Figure 1.9 Sample Bay; Table 1.4 Sample Bay Components

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INTRODUCTION AND PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

PROCLEIX

TIGRIS System Operator’s Manual 1-15

Volume I: Operating the Instrument

Part # 902649EN Rev. A

The Sample Door provides access to the Sample Carousel and Pipette Tip Ring, while the TCR

Door provides access to the entire Sample Bay, including the TCR Carousel.

Figure 1.9 Sample Bay

Table 1.4 Sample Bay Components

Component Function

Sample Pipettor

The Sample Pipettor performs the following functions in the

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TIGRIS System assay process:

♦ Senses the liquid level of the wTCR in the TCR bottle, the sample

in the sample tube, the wTCR in the MTU, and the combined

sample/wTCR in the MTUs.

♦ Aspirates and dispenses sample and wTCR into the MTUs.

♦ Detects clots in the samples.

The Sample Pipettor uses one tip to dispense wTCR to an entire MTU, but

uses a new tip for each sample dispensed. A filter barrier ensures that

fluids do not enter the pipettor assembly. The disposable pipette tips are

ejected down the Tip Strip Chute and into the MTU waste container after

each use.

DiTi Cone Located on the Sample Pipettor; holds and ejects disposable pipette tips.

Pipette Tip Ring Holds up to 5 trays of disposable pipette tips, each containing 96 tips.

Sample Barcode

Scanner

Reads the barcode from the sample racks and sample tubes prior to assay

processing. The system uses this information to create worklists and verify

samples and racks have been loaded properly.

Reading the sample barcode is the first step in the positive identification

process in which all activities for a sample are traced from the time its

barcode is initially scanned through assay processing until results are

reported. Note: The system software will only accept symbologies that

have been enabled in the Barcode Configuration

screen See “Configuring

the Sample Carousel Barcode Scanner” on page 5-7.

Sample Carousel Holds up to 9 sample racks, each with space for 20 sample tubes.

TCR Carousel Holds up to 4 bottles of TCR.

TCR Barcode

Scanner

Reads the barcode on each bottle of TCR.

Specimen Deck Platform for the Sample Carousel and the TCR Carousel.

TCR Carousel

Pipette Tip Ring

Sample Carousel

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