公开(公告)号：US12216135B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

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

IPC: G01N35/04 ,  B01L3/00 ,  B01L9/06 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/90 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/10

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.

公开(公告)号：US10921338B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-16

申请号：US16127939

申请日：2018-09-11

Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated

Inventor： Rolf Silbert ,  David Opalsky ,  David Aaron Buse ,  Robert J. Rosati ,  Olev Tammer ,  Richard Capella ,  Matthias Merten

IPC: G01N1/28 ,  G01N1/31 ,  G01N35/10 ,  G01N35/02 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01F23/26 ,  G01N35/04 ,  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 a drip tray movable between a first position not under the capping/decapping mechanism and a second position under the capping/decamping mechanism.

公开(公告)号：US12210028B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-28

申请号：US17608745

申请日：2020-04-29

Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED

Inventor： Rolf Silbert ,  HongRan Peng ,  David Aaron Buse ,  David H. Combs

IPC: B65G47/90 ,  B01L3/00 ,  B01L9/06 ,  B65G43/08 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/04 ,  G01N35/10

Abstract: A receptacle delivery system includes a carriage configured to move from a first to a second location of an instrument. The carriage may be configured to removably support a receptacle and may include a receptacle clamping mechanism. The receptacle mechanism may be configured to apply a clamping force to the receptacle as the carriage moves from the first to the second location and release the clamping force as the carriage moves from the second to the first location.

公开(公告)号：US11614454B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US17129522

申请日：2020-12-21

Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated

Inventor： Rolf Silbert ,  David Opalsky ,  David Aaron Buse ,  Robert J. Rosati ,  Olev Tammer ,  Richard Capella ,  Matthias Merten

IPC: G01N1/28 ,  G01N1/31 ,  G01N35/10 ,  G01N35/02 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01F23/263 ,  G01N35/04 ,  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 position 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.

公开(公告)号：US20180292427A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-11

申请号：US16008731

申请日：2018-06-14

Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated

Inventor： Rolf Silbert ,  David Aaron Buse ,  Robert J. Rosati ,  Olev Tammer ,  Matthias Merten

IPC: G01N35/10 ,  G01F23/26 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/04 ,  C40B60/12

Abstract: A sample container of patient sample material includes a sample container barcode containing patient-identifying information. The sample container barcode on the sample container is read, and a tubular reaction vessel is provided to a printer module configured to print a barcode directly onto a surface of the tubular reaction vessel. The printer module prints a barcode on the surface of the reaction vessel by a thermal printing method, and the barcode printed onto the reaction vessel is associated with the sample container barcode.

公开(公告)号：US12210031B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-28

申请号：US18489478

申请日：2023-10-18

Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED

Inventor： Rolf Silbert ,  HongRan Peng ,  David Aaron Buse ,  David H. Combs

IPC: G01N35/04 ,  B01L3/00 ,  B01L9/06 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/90 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/10

Abstract: A receptacle-supporting puck includes spring-biased fingers arranged about a vertical axis, each finger having a contact surface to contact a receptacle seated in the puck. A supporting disc of the puck includes a disc sidewall projecting from a base and defining a pocket for seating a receptacle, first cavities in the base extending toward the vertical axis, and a puck passageway extending through opposed portions of the disc sidewall transversely to and offset from the vertical axis. Each finger is rotatably coupled to the supporting disc at a corresponding first cavity. A synchronization disc is positioned in the pocket, and each of the fingers is coupled to the synchronization disc such that the contact surfaces of the fingers move synchronously toward and away from the vertical axis. A retaining ring couples the fingers, the supporting disc, and the synchronization disc together.

公开(公告)号：US12210030B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-28

申请号：US18429318

申请日：2024-01-31

Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated

Inventor： Rolf Silbert ,  HongRan Peng ,  David Aaron Buse ,  David H. Combs

IPC: G01N35/04 ,  B01L3/00 ,  B01L9/06 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/90 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/10

Abstract: A method of delivering a receptacle to an instrument includes the steps of supporting a receptacle containing a fluid on a carrier, transporting the carrier supporting the receptacle on a conveyor extending adjacent to each of a plurality of instruments, transferring the receptacle from the carrier to a puck supported on a carriage when the carriage is positioned at a first location, moving the carriage with the receptacle seated in the puck from the first location to a second location within an instrument of the plurality of instruments, and drawing at least a portion of the fluid from the receptacle seated in the puck into a tip associated with a fluid extraction device of the instrument when the carriage is positioned at the second location.

公开(公告)号：US11815522B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-14

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

IPC: G01N1/28 ,  G01N1/31 ,  G01N35/10 ,  G01N35/02 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01F23/263 ,  G01N35/04 ,  B67B7/00 ,  C40B60/12

CPC classification number: G01N35/1004 ,  B67B7/00 ,  G01F23/265 ,  G01N1/28 ,  G01N1/31 ,  G01N35/0099 ,  G01N35/00732 ,  G01N35/025 ,  G01N35/04 ,  G01N35/1002 ,  G01N35/1016 ,  G01N35/1079 ,  C40B60/12 ,  G01N2035/00524 ,  G01N2035/00752 ,  G01N2035/00811 ,  G01N2035/00831 ,  G01N2035/00861 ,  G01N2035/0405 ,  G01N2035/1018 ,  G01N2035/1046 ,  G01N2035/1048 ,  G01N2035/1051 ,  G01N2035/1062

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.

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

IPC: G01N35/10 ,  G01F23/263 ,  G01N35/02 ,  G01N35/04 ,  G01N1/28 ,  G01N1/31 ,  G01N35/00

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.

公开(公告)号：USD907987S1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-19

申请号：US29682745

申请日：2019-03-07

Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated

Designer： David Aaron Buse