Skyla HB1 - Section 3: Sample Analysis; Functions of Reagent Disc

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Section 3: Sample Analysis
3.1 Functions of Reagent Disc
All the chemical reactions that take place in the skyla
TM
Clinical Chemistry Analyzer are completed inside a
circular and transparent plastic reagent
disc. A series of
automated liquid handling and reaction procedures on
the injected whole-
blood, plasma, or serum are
performed in the reagent disc, enabling accurate and
reproducible test results on the clinical chemistry
analyzer. Each reagent disc conta
ins one set of dry assay
reagents needed for the specified panel of test markers.
A number of clinical chemistry markers can be
simultaneously tested in a single analysis.
The functions of the reagent disc include:

Checking if the diluted sample is sufficient
and
distributed to all reaction cuvettes in the reagent disc.

Confirming that the amount of the injected
sample is
sufficient.

Providing various configurations of assay reagent
s in
the disc.

The barcode ring on
the reagent disc contains the
serial number, batch number and valid date of the
reagent disc.
The barcode ring also protects the
optical surface of the reaction cuvettes from
finger
prints and other debris that may interfere with
the
optical measurement. The clinical chemistry
analyzer
can automatically check the above information
and
exclude expired reagent discs.

The sample anti-spilling pad prevents overflowing
of
the sample on
the surface of the reagent disc when in
excess, reducing the occurrence of
analyzer interior
contamination
by the splashed sample during
operation.
Reagent disc
Sample
chamber
Bar code
Cuvettes
Diluent
container
Sample
anti-spilling
pad
Sample Port