Development and validation of an automated thawing and mixing workcell

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2209-2211

  Hawker, Charles D ^a,b   Roberts, William L ^a,b   DaSilva, Antonio ^c   Stam, Gordon D ^a   Owen, William E ^d   Curtis, DeVirl ^a   Choi, Byung Sang ^e,f   Ring, Terry A ^e  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Motoman Inc   (United States)

^d ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^f Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE;

AIR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; FREEZING; LABORATORY; PLASMA; ROBOTICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLUTE; THAWING; TUBE;

AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HEATING; ROBOTICS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 36649016434     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.094185     Document Type: Article

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