Automated sample handing instrumentation, systems, processes, and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11815522
APP PUB NO 20230204616A1
SERIAL NO

18111865

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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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GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED10210 GENETIC CENTER DRIVE SAN DIEGO CA 92121

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Buse, David Aaron San Diego, US 26 33
Capella, Richard San Diego, US 13 101
Merten, Matthias San Diego, US 19 95
Opalsky, David San Diego, US 120 1134
Rosati, Robert J Carlsbad, US 23 618
Silbert, Rolf Del Mar, US 52 309
Tammer, Olev New York, US 21 176

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