Appeal No. 1998-2213
Application 08/655,863
THE INVENTION
The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a
biochemical analysis apparatus having a plurality of suction
devices for transferring and holding an analysis film, and an
independent pressure monitoring device in at least two of the
suction devices for independently monitoring the pressure of the
suction device. Claim 6 is illustrative:
6. A biochemical analysis apparatus for analyzing
biochemical properties of a specimen, comprising:
film cartridge means for containing a plurality of analysis
films and dispensing said films in a sequential manner;
sample station means for providing a sample to be analyzed;
processing station means for processing said sample;
analyzing station means for analyzing said biochemical
properties of said sample;
a plurality of suction means for transferring and holding
said analysis film to at least two of said cartridge means, said
sampling station means, said processing station means, and said
analysis station means; and
independent pressure monitoring means in at least two of
said suction means for independently monitoring the pressure in
said suction means.
THE REFERENCES
Scholten et al. (Scholten) 4,683,654 Aug. 4, 1987
Kurimura et al. (Kurimura) 4,807,984 Feb. 28, 1989
Sugaya 0 555 654 Aug. 18, 1993
(European patent application)
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