title: CYBEST-CDMS Model 2. Automated cell dispersion and monolayer smearing system for CYBEST.
abstract: The CYBEST automated cell dispersion and monolayer smearing system (CDMS) employed an autosyringing device and a modified centrifuge to produce specimens with an adequate number of dispersed cells per square millimeter. Since the units of the system were separate, the centrifugation chambers had to be transferred manually. The CYBEST-CDMS Model 2, described in this paper, uses a robot manipulator in a unified system combining the cell dispersion and centrifugation units. Samples in centrifugation chambers are automatically transferred from the autosyringing unit to the centrifugation unit. Using its input and output conveyers, the system can process specimens without interruption.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Laboratories, Pathology and Cytology Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosoi
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D002498:Centrifugation / Q000295:instrumentation; D003584:Cytological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*