Automated Sample Processing Instruments, Systems, Processes, and Methods
    11.
    发明申请
    Automated Sample Processing Instruments, Systems, Processes, and Methods 审中-公开
    自动样品处理仪器,系统,过程和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170052205A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-23

    申请号:US15222173

    申请日:2016-07-28

    Inventor: Rolf SILBERT

    Abstract: An automated instrument for processing a sample includes a first lock configured to move between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. The first lock is configured to be engaged with a first movable holding structure in the locked configuration to secure the first holding structure within the automated instrument. The first lock is configured to be disengaged from the first holding structure in the unlocked configuration to allow movement of the first holding structure within the automated instrument. The automated instrument also includes a robotic arm movable within the automated instrument and configured to move the first lock between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration. The first holding structure is configured to hold a sample processing device and configured to move within the automated instrument when the first lock is in the unlocked configuration. The robotic arm can also be configured to move the sample processing device within the system.

    Abstract translation: 用于处理样品的自动化仪器包括被配置为在锁定配置和解锁配置之间移动的第一锁。 第一锁定构造成与处于锁定构造的第一可移动保持结构接合以将第一保持结构固定在自动化仪器内。 第一锁定构造成在解锁构造中与第一保持结构脱离接合以允许第一保持结构在自动化仪器内移动。 自动化仪器还包括可在自动化仪器内移动的机器臂,并配置成在锁定配置和解锁配置之间移动第一锁。 第一保持结构被配置为保持样本处理设备并且被配置为当第一锁定处于解锁配置时在自动仪器内移动。 机器人手臂还可以被配置成移动系统内的样品处理装置。

    LABELS, RECEPTACLES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SAMPLE PROCESSING

    公开(公告)号:US20250164513A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-22

    申请号:US19029616

    申请日:2025-01-17

    Inventor: Rolf SILBERT

    Abstract: A sample receptacle can be used for ordering assays to be performed by an automatic sample processing instrument. The sample receptacle can include a body defining a chamber for containing a sample and a label. The label can include discrete areas configured to be altered from a first assay order state to a second assay order state. Each discrete area has a known association with a different assay. The label can also include assay-identifying indicia indicating the respective assay associated with a respective discrete area.

    SYSTEM FOR READING MACHINE-READABLE LABELS ON SAMPLE RECEPTACLES

    公开(公告)号:US20250124243A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-17

    申请号:US18991230

    申请日:2024-12-20

    Abstract: A system including a housing, a sample rack for holding a plurality of sample receptacles, and a reader for reading two-dimensional machine-readable labels associated with the plurality of sample receptacles as the sample rack moves between first and second positions within the housing. The system further includes a processing and control unit adapted to decode the two-dimensional machine-readable labels read by the reader and to associate each of the decoded two-dimensional machine-readable labels with an associated sample receptacle based on a measured position of the sample rack when the two-dimensional machine-readable label was read.

    AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF SAMPLES CARRIED IN SAMPLE CONTAINERS AND GROUPING SAMPLE CONTAINERS ACCORDING TO ASSAYS TO BE PERFORMED ON SAMPLES CONTAINED THEREIN

    公开(公告)号:US20250020679A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18898593

    申请日:2024-09-26

    Inventor: Rolf SILBERT

    Abstract: A system for processing samples includes a sample database storing identification information correlated with one or more open assays associated with each sample. A conveyance transports sample containers, an input module holds sample containers, and a transfer robot transfers containers from the input module to the conveyance. An input scanner detects the machine-readable identification information on each sample container. At least one analyzer is configured to perform one or more functional assays on sample extracted from a sample container. A system controller is programmed to cause the transfer robot to transfer containers from the input module to the conveyance before scanning the machine-readable identification information and before identifying the one or more open assays associated with the sample container. The controller activates the input scanner to scan the machine-readable identification information as the sample container passes the input scanner and to access the sample database and identify one or more open assays for each sample container based on the identification information detected by the input scanner.

    AUTOMATED GRIPPING MECHANISM
    17.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230390947A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US18249540

    申请日:2021-10-21

    CPC classification number: B25J15/08

    Abstract: A container gripping mechanism includes first and second linear rails disposed on opposed sides of a linear rail mount. A first linear rail guide coupled with the first rail is supported on a first gripper finger mount, and a second linear rail guide coupled with the second rail is supported on a second gripper finger mount. A first gripper finger is secured to the first gripper finger mount, and a second gripper finger is secured to the second gripper finger mount. A pinion gear driven by a drive motor engages racks attached to the first and second gripper finger mounts, such that rotation of the pinion in a first direction causes the first and second gripper fingers to move toward each other, and rotation of the pinion in a second direction causes the first and second gripper fingers to move away from each other.

    APPARATUS FOR PRINTING ON AN OBJECT HAVING A CURVED SURFACE

    公开(公告)号:US20200094597A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16696587

    申请日:2019-11-26

    Abstract: A printing module configured to print a label on a curved surface of an article includes an expandable printing mechanism configured to be expanded to an open configuration for receiving the article or contracted to a closed configuration placing the curved surface in an operative position with respect to a print head and an article moving assembly configured to grasp and hold the article and effect relative movement between the curved surface and the print head. The printing mechanism includes contact elements, such as rollers, that contact or otherwise engage the article when the printing mechanism is in the closed configuration and maintain the curved surface in the operative position with respect to the print head during relative movement between the curved surface and the print head.

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