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公开(公告)号：US20250123300A1
公开(公告)日：2025-04-17
申请号：US18990228
申请日：2024-12-20
Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
Inventor： Rolf SILBERT , HongRan PENG , David Aaron BUSE , David H. COMBS
Abstract: A receptacle delivery system for an instrument of a plurality of instruments comprises a carriage supporting a puck. The carriage is configured to move with the puck from a first location to a second location within the instrument. The first location is a location where a receptacle supported by a carrier is positioned to be transferred to the puck supported by the carriage, and the second location being a location where the receptacle seated in the puck is positioned so that fluid from the receptacle can be drawn into a tip associated with a fluid extraction device of the instrument.
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公开(公告)号：US20240426857A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-26
申请号：US18830349
申请日：2024-09-10
Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
Inventor： Rolf SILBERT , HongRan PENG
Abstract: A jig assembly for connecting first and second consoles with predefined relative positioning includes first and second positioning pins attached or attachable to the first console and a positioning connection bracket attached or attachable to the second console and including a longitudinal span and first and second transverse legs including first and second pin recesses at respective free ends thereof. The first and second pin recesses receive the first and second positioning pins, respectively, when the first and second consoles are moved laterally toward each other. The first and second transverse legs may be attached to the first console with a first and second leg attachment brackets, respectively. The first and second positing pins and the first and second leg attachment brackets may be fixed with respect to the first console by attachment to a mounting rail that is fixed to the first console.
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33.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240327121A1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-03
申请号：US18578632
申请日：2022-07-13
Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
Inventor： Rolf SILBERT
CPC classification number: B65G1/1373 , B65G1/0464 , B65G2201/0235
Abstract: Sample receptacles are automatically transferred from first and second storage areas of a storage module to a conveyor without passing over any other sample receptacle stored in the storage module. Receptacle holding positions in the first and second storage areas are arranged in rows and columns, and sample containers are transferred row-by-row or column-by-column, starting with sample container held closest to a first side of the first or second storage area. Receptacles transferred from the first storage area are transferred across the first side to the conveyor. Receptacles transferred from the second storage area are transferred across the first side into a first receptacle transport path between the first and second storage areas, and then to a second receptacle transport path across the first storage area, and then to the conveyor. To avoid passing a receptacle over another receptacle, receptacles are first removed from intervening holding positions between a respective holding position from which the receptacle is being transferred and the first side of the first or second storage area.
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公开(公告)号：US20240310399A1
公开(公告)日：2024-09-19
申请号：US18657629
申请日：2024-05-07
Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
Inventor： Rolf SILBERT , HongRan PENG , David Aaron BUSE , David H. COMBS
CPC classification number: G01N35/04 , B01L3/5453 , B01L9/06 , B65G43/08 , B65G47/902 , G01N35/00584 , G01N35/0099 , G01N35/1079 , B01L2300/021 , B65G2201/0235 , B65G2203/044 , G01N2035/00752 , G01N2035/0406 , G01N2035/0494 , G01N2035/103
Abstract: Providing a fluid to an instrument comprises supporting a sample receptacle on a first carrier, transporting the first carrier on a conveyor adjacent a plurality of modules including at least one instrument, stopping the first carrier at the instrument, transporting the sample receptacle to a pick-up position of the instrument, transporting the sample receptacle from the pick-up position to a pipetting station within the instrument, aspirating fluid within the sample receptacle and transferring the aspirated fluid to a reaction receptacle, after aspirating fluid from the sample receptacle, transporting the sample receptacle to the pick-up position, transporting the sample receptacle from the pick-up position to a second carrier the conveyor, in the instrument, performing an assay to determine the presence or absence of an analyte in the aspirated fluid, and transporting the second carrier on the conveyor to one or more of the plurality of modules other than the analytical instrument.
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公开(公告)号：US20240201212A1
公开(公告)日：2024-06-20
申请号：US18592371
申请日：2024-02-29
Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
Inventor： Rolf SILBERT , HongRan PENG , David Aaron BUSE , David H. COMBS
CPC classification number: G01N35/04 , B01L3/5453 , B01L9/06 , B65G43/08 , B65G47/902 , G01N35/00584 , G01N35/0099 , G01N35/1079 , B01L2300/021 , B65G2201/0235 , B65G2203/044 , G01N2035/00752 , G01N2035/0406 , G01N2035/0494 , G01N2035/103
Abstract: A receptacle delivery system for an instrument includes a carriage, a puck rotatably supported by the carriage, a first electric motor, and a second electric motor. The puck comprises a plurality of spring-loaded fingers arranged around a vertical axis and configured to removably support a receptacle therebetween. The first electric motor is configured to move the carriage between a first location and a second location of the instrument. The second electric motor is configured to rotate the puck about the vertical axis.
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公开(公告)号：US20240044928A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-08
申请号：US18489516
申请日：2023-10-18
Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Inventor： Rolf SILBERT , HongRan PENG , David Aaron BUSE , David H. COMBS
CPC classification number: G01N35/04 , B01L3/5453 , B01L9/06 , B65G43/08 , B65G47/902 , G01N35/00584 , G01N35/0099 , G01N35/1079 , B01L2300/021 , B65G2201/0235 , B65G2203/044 , G01N2035/00752 , G01N2035/0406 , G01N2035/0494 , G01N2035/103
Abstract: A receptacle delivery system that includes a rail extending between first and second locations of an instrument and a carriage configured to move on the rail between the first and second locations of the instrument. The carriage includes a bracket having opposed first and second sidewalls and a base extending between the first and second sidewalls, where the carriage is configured to support a receptacle. The carriage further includes a pair of opposed support pads, where the pair of support pads are configured to (a) move toward a receptacle supported by the carriage as the carriage moves from the first location toward the second location, and (b) move away from a receptacle supported by the carriage as the carriage moves from the second location toward the first location. The carriage also includes a pair of meshed cam gears rotatably coupled to the first sidewall, where each cam gear is coupled to a different one of the support pads.
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公开(公告)号：US20230305030A1
公开(公告)日：2023-09-28
申请号：US17996419
申请日：2021-04-22
Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Inventor： Rolf SILBERT
CPC classification number: G01N35/0095 , G01N35/00732 , G01N35/026
Abstract: A system for processing a plurality of sample containers, each containing sample with at least one open assay associated therewith, includes two or more analyzers, each configured to perform at least one functional assay in receptacle apparatuses including a process number of two or more receptacle vessels, a conveyance for transporting containers to the analyzers, a buffer queue associated with each analyzer for holding containers to be processed by the associated analyzer, and a scanner associated with each analyzer. Each scanner scans machine-readable identification information associated with each container transported by the conveyance past the scanner and the open assay(s) for that container are identified based on the scanned information. The sample container is diverted into the associated buffer queue only if at least one open assay for that container matches at least one functional assay of the associated analyzer. The system attempts to accumulate at least the process number of sample containers with the same open assay so that the matching functional assay can be performed on the different samples in each of the process number of receptacle vessels of each receptacle apparatus.
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公开(公告)号：US20230204616A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-29
申请号：US18111865
申请日：2023-02-20
Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
Inventor： Rolf SILBERT , David Opalsky , David Aaron Buse , Robert J. Rosati , Olev Tammer , Richard Capella , Matthias Merten
CPC classification number: G01N35/1004 , G01N35/1079 , G01N35/1016 , G01F23/265 , G01N35/025 , G01N35/04 , G01N1/28 , G01N1/31 , G01N35/0099 , G01N35/00732 , G01N35/1002 , G01N2035/1018 , G01N2035/1046 , G01N2035/00524 , 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 an elevator with a chuck guide that contact the container holder as the chuck is lowered by the elevator to positon the chuck with respect to the cap of the container held in the holder and to hold jaws of the container holder in a closed position. In embodiment, the chuck guide includes a yoke with opposed arms and spindles located near distal ends of the arms that engage beveled shoulders of the container holder.
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公开(公告)号：US20230176084A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-08
申请号：US17996924
申请日：2021-04-22
Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Inventor： Rolf SILBERT , David H. COMBS
CPC classification number: G01N35/0099 , B25J9/026 , B25J13/086 , B25J15/10 , B25J15/0033
Abstract: A gripper apparatus is configured to grasp a closed receptacle having a closure affixed to an open top end of a receptacle. Opposed jaw members capable of lateral movement between an open position, a first closed position, and a second closed position are configured to grasp the closed receptacle when the closed receptacle is situated between the jaw members at the first closed position and to release the closed receptacle at the open position. The gripper apparatus further includes a plurality of fingers configured to grasp a sidewall of the closure beneath a top surface of the closure when the closure is situated between the plurality of fingers and beneath a base of each of the jaw members as the jaw members move laterally toward each other from the open position to the second closed position.
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公开(公告)号：US20180250970A1
公开(公告)日：2018-09-06
申请号：US15971660
申请日：2018-05-04
Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
Inventor： Rolf SILBERT , Robert ROSATI , David BUSE , Olev TAMMER , Matthias MERTEN
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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