Roche Cobas 4800 System User Manual

cobas®
4800
System
3
Hardware
Systent
Manual
Plate
carrier
Instrument
The
plate
carrier
hoids
the deepweli
plate
and
the microweli
plate.
The deepweil
plate
is
used
to
process
the samples.
The
microweli
plate
is
used
to
hold
the final
prepared
samples
that
are
ready for
PCR.
Place
the
deepweil
plate
on
position
1 and
the
microweli
plate on
position
3 of the
plate
carrier.
The
other positions
on the
carrier
are
not
used.
The deepweli
plate
barcode
must
face
to the right
of the
carrier.
The deepweil
plate barcode
is read
during
loading
of the
plate carrier.
The
microweil
barcode
is
read after
loading
being
brought
in front
of the barcode
reader
on the autoloader
by the iSWAP.
At
the
end of
the run,
the
plates
are
placed
back
on
the
plate
carrier.
Unload
the
plate
carrier,
seal the
microweil
plate and
dispose
of
the
deepweil
plate
according
to
the
local regulations
unless
further
off-the-system
use is
intended.
Tip
rack
carriers
Figure 3-23
Plate
carrier
The
tip
rack
carriers
hold
the
tip
racks with
the disposable
pipetting
tips.
Depending
on
the
test,
up to three
tip
rack
carriers
can
be loaded
for a single
run
holding
a
total
of
15 tip
racks.
The
tip
rack
barcodes
must
face
to
the right
of
the
carrier.
Roche
Diagnostics
The total
number
of pipetting
tips
per run varies
and
depends
on several
criteria
(test type,
sample media,
run
size, and
so
on)
The instrument
tracks tip
usage
from
run to run.
The
instrument
checks
if enough
pipetting
tips
have been
loaded
to perform
the
run. 1f
there
are not
enough,
a message
is displayed.
To avoid
this
message,
fully
bad
all the
required
tip rack
carriers
for each
run.
Partially
used
racks can
be
used
in
next
run.
To perform
a
run, all the
required
tip
rack
carriers
must
be
loaded into
the
instrument.
A Deepweli
plate
on
position
1
B Microweli
plate
on
position
3
System
Manual
Version
1.0
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Roche Cobas 4800 System Specifications

General

Brand	Roche
Model	Cobas 4800 System
Category	Analytical Instruments
Language	English