Roche Diagnostics
Operatorโs Manual ยท Version 3.1 A-57
Cedex Bio System 3Hardware
Hardware overview
Rotational movement The bottles and cuvettes are positioned in a manner that they can be moved to the
various positions by a rotational movement. There are positions for loading and
removal (reagent and cuvette ports), pipetting, and measuring.
Reagent disk
The reagent disk holds up to 27 reagent bottles. It is designed to be handled as one
unit, including the bottles. When not used on the instrument, the reagent disk is
placed in a container and stored in a refrigerated place.
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See Preparing the reagent disk on page B-21.
A Pipetting positions B Reagent port
Figure A-24 Reagent port on the reagent disk
Figure A-25 Reagent disk
Damage to the reagent disk
The reagent disk is designed to handle reagents while it is loaded on the instrument. The
cover is equipped with a locking mechanism.
Always remove and load reagents while the reagent disk is on the instrument and by using
the software supported procedures.