Procleix TIGRIS - Loading Multi-Tube Units (Mtus)

SETTING UP THE INSTRUMENT
PROCLEIX
®
TIGRIS System Operator’s Manual 2-7
Volume I: Operating the Instrument
Part # 902649EN Rev. A
2. Click Move Tip Ring.
The Pipette Tip Ring rotates one position clockwise to expose the next tip tray position
on the carousel.
3. Open the Sample Door.
4. Replace the first empty tip tray.
a) Remove the existing tray.
b) Holding a full pipette tip tray by the edges, load it into the Pipette Tip Ring. Avoid
touching the edges of the ring with the tips. Avoid touching the tops or bottoms of
pipette tips. Make sure that the tabs of the pipette tip tray fit firmly into the
slots of the Pipette Tip Ring.
Load only full pipette tip trays. Do not insert individual pipette tips into the trays. The
system tracks which tip positions it has used and will not use individually inserted tips.
5. Close the Sample Door.
6. Repeat steps 2–5, replacing all empty tip trays with full trays.
7. Click Done.
The tips count updates with the assumption that all empty trays have been replaced.
8. If any partial trays have been replaced, click Reset in the Tips
box of the Upper Bay panel
to reset the tips count to 480.
Loading Multi-Tube Units (MTUs)
The indicator on the Load button changes from green to red if there are five or fewer MTUs
remaining in the MTU drawer. The MTU Drawer holds up to 20 MTUs (enough for up to 100
tests).
To load MTUs:
1. From the MTUs
box in either the Upper Bay panel of the Inventory Status screen or the
Inventory Status
panel, click Load….
The System unlocks the MTU Drawer and displays a Load MTUs
window.
2. When prompted by the system, pull out the MTU Drawer.
3. Load a box, or a partial box, of MTUs.
a) Remove the plastic shrink wrap from the MTU box.
Note: If a worklist is pipetting, the system will not unlock the Sample Door until the
current MTU is finished pipetting.
Note: Do not try to force the drawer open before the Load MTUs
window displays.
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Caution: Use the cardboard box to load MTUs. Do not touch individual MTUs or
MTU Tiplets or load them individually by hand.