Method and apparatus for high-throughput sample handling process line

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APP PUB NO 20030111494A1
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10281476

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Disclosed is a process line system for handling biological samples. The system includes a control computer that controls the movement of a sample material plate along the process line. The control computer accepts user inputs that define handling of the biological samples. The system further includes a plurality of modules arranged along the process line. Each module includes at least one work station that performs at least one task associated with the handling of the biological samples. The control computer adjusts the movement of the sample material plate along the process line so that the sample material plate is transported to only those modules that are to handle the biological sample, and so that the sample material plate bypasses any module that should not handle the biological sample, as defined by the user inputs.

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SEQUENOM INC3595 JOHN HOPKINS COURT SAN DIEGO CA 92121

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Braulio, Wilbur San Diego, CA 1 31
Grohmann, Klaus Pruem, DE 11 154
Heaney, Paul Solana Beach, CA 11 926
Jansen, Johannes Pruem, DE 14 83
Liang, Ben San Diego, CA 20 64
Lin, Chao San Diego, CA 122 2499
Nanthakumar, Elizabeth Carlsbad, CA 3 72
Opalsky, David San Diego, CA 120 1134
Unger, Siegfried Pruem, DE 3 75
Yao, Xian-Wei San Diego, CA 9 416

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