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公开(公告)号:US10719677B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-21
申请号:US16208186
申请日:2018-12-03
Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Inventor: Norbert D. Hagen , David Opalsky , Rolf Silbert
Abstract: A method of reading machine-readable labels on sample receptacles held by a sample rack. In the method, an absolute position of the sample rack is measured as the sample rack moves between first and second positions in a housing. During movement between the first and second positions, an image is acquired of a machine-readable label associated with each sample receptacle held by the sample rack. The image of each machine-readable label is thereafter decoded.
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公开(公告)号:US10464360B2
公开(公告)日:2019-11-05
申请号:US15669378
申请日:2017-08-04
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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公开(公告)号:US10132821B2
公开(公告)日:2018-11-20
申请号:US15054943
申请日:2016-02-26
Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Inventor: Rolf Silbert , David Opalsky , David Aaron Buse , Robert J. Rosati , Olev Tammer , Richard Capella , Matthias Merten
Abstract: The present invention provides a processing station for automatically processing a biological sample, a system for automated real-time inventory control of consumables within a biological sample handling or assay instrument, a high throughput random access automated instrument for processing biological samples, an automated instrument for processing or analysis of a sample, and processes for automated mucoid detection and elimination. Methods of using the disclosed instruments, mucoid detection processes, and systems to process and/or analyze samples are also disclosed.
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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
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:US12105107B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-01
申请号:US18288789
申请日:2023-01-18
Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
Inventor: Rolf Silbert , HongRan Peng
CPC classification number: G01N35/04 , G01N35/1011 , G01N2035/00326
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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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
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20200094596A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-26
申请号:US16696574
申请日:2019-11-26
Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
Inventor: Rolf Silbert , Robert J. 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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公开(公告)号:US09724948B2
公开(公告)日:2017-08-08
申请号:US14919467
申请日:2015-10-21
Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Inventor: Rolf Silbert , Robert Rosati , David Buse , Olev Tammer , Matthias Merten
CPC classification number: B41J29/38 , B41J2/32 , B41J3/4073 , B41J3/4075 , G01N35/00732 , G01N2035/00861 , G01N2035/1032
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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公开(公告)号:US12084294B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-10
申请号:US17003754
申请日:2020-08-26
Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Inventor: Rolf Silbert
CPC classification number: B65G47/90 , B01L9/00 , G01N35/0099 , G01N35/04 , B01L2200/025 , B65G2201/0235 , G01N2035/0439
Abstract: A sample receptacle transporting carrier includes a base defining a recess for receiving a bottom end of the sample receptacle. The carrier also includes a plurality of resilient wire fingers affixed to and extending upward from the annular support. The fingers are configured to retain the bottom end of the sample receptacle within the recess of the base and to maintain the sample receptacle in an upright orientation. Each of the wire fingers includes a first segment adjacent to the base, a linear second segment joined to the first segment by a first angled portion, and a linear third segment joined to the second linear segment by a second angled portion. The third segment of each finger is configured to contact the bottom end of the receptacle as the receptacle is inserted into the carrier. The third segment and the vertical axis of the carrier form an angle between about 40° and about 50°.
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公开(公告)号:US11945239B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-02
申请号:US17396525
申请日:2021-08-06
Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Inventor: Rolf Silbert , Robert J. Rosati , David Buse , Olev Tammer , Matthias Merten
CPC classification number: B41J29/38 , B41J2/32 , B41J3/4073 , B41J3/4075 , G01N35/00732 , G01N2035/00861 , G01N2035/1032
Abstract: A method for controlling a printing process by which a print head prints an image onto predetermined printable area of a label.
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