SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND STORING REAGENT PACKS IN AN INSTRUMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20220364152A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17877776

    申请日:2022-07-29

    Abstract: A system includes a reagent pack input carousel, a carousel frame supporting the carousel, and a track on which the carousel frame is supported for movement of the carousel into and out of an instrument in drawer-like fashion. The carousel is rotatable about an axis of rotation and includes a plurality of reagent pack input stations arranged about the perimeter of the carousel. Each input station is adapted to carry a reagent pack, and the input stations are oriented at an angle with respect to a radial orientation relative to the axis of rotation. Each input station includes an alignment block located at a radially inner end of the station, and the block is received within a recess formed in an end of the reagent pack placed in the station to align and position of the reagent pack within the station.

    Diagnostic Systems and Methods
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210324445A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US17146110

    申请日:2021-01-11

    Abstract: A diagnostic system is configured to perform first and second, different nucleic acid amplification reactions. The system includes a bulk reagent container compartment configured to store first bulk reagent container containing a first bulk reagent for performing sample preparation processes with a first subset and a second subset of a plurality of samples and a second bulk reagent container containing a second bulk reagent for performing the first nucleic acid amplification reaction. The system includes a unit-dose reagent compartment storing a unit-dose reagent pack including unit-dose reagents for performing the second nucleic acid amplification reaction. The system is configured to perform the sample preparation process using the first bulk reagent on the first and second subsets of the samples, perform the first nucleic acid amplification reaction using the second bulk reagent on the first subset of the samples, and perform the second nucleic acid amplification reaction using the unit-dose reagents on the second subset of the samples.

    Interlocking cap and vial
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11136617B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-05

    申请号:US17036307

    申请日:2020-09-29

    Abstract: A cap that is securable to a vial includes a plug configured for insertion into an open end of the vial. An upper portion of the cap defines a probe recess with an open top end and configured to receive a distal end of a probe of a pipettor inserted into the open top end, to frictionally secure the cap to an end of the probe. The cap includes a radially-oriented annular surface with one or more locking members depending from a periphery of the annular surface. The locking members are spaced from the plug and each locking member includes a radial locking groove and a radial locking ridge beneath the radial locking groove. A lip of the vial snaps into the radial locking groove above the radial locking ridge to secure the cap to the vial when the plug is inserted into the open end of the vial.

    Receptacle holder
    10.
    外观设计

    公开(公告)号:USD987850S1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-30

    申请号:US29755963

    申请日:2020-10-23

    Designer: David A. Buse

    Abstract: FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a receptacle holder showing the claimed design;
    FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;
    FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;
    FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;
    FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;
    FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;
    FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,
    FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.
    The broken lines in the figures show portions of the receptacle holder that form no part of the claimed design.

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