Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sample container handling with automated cap removal/replacement and drip control
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Application No.: US16127939Application Date: 2018-09-11
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Publication No.: US10921338B2Publication Date: 2021-02-16
- Inventor: Rolf Silbert , David Opalsky , David Aaron Buse , Robert J. Rosati , Olev Tammer , Richard Capella , Matthias Merten
- Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
- Agent Charles B. Cappellari
- Main IPC: G01N1/28
- IPC: G01N1/28 ; G01N1/31 ; G01N35/10 ; G01N35/02 ; G01N35/00 ; G01F23/26 ; G01N35/04 ; C40B60/12
Abstract:
A sample processing station includes two or more container holders on a platform that is rotatable about a central axis of rotation. Each holder is configured to rotate about a secondary axis of rotation. The station includes a capping/decapping mechanism to cap or decap a container held in one of the container holders and a drip tray movable between a first position not under the capping/decapping mechanism and a second position under the capping/decamping mechanism.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190011473A1 SAMPLE CONTAINER HANDLING WITH AUTOMATED CAP REMOVAL/REPLACEMENT AND DRIP CONTROL Public/Granted day:2019-01-10
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