Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc.

Brian A Self

Dwight Livingston

Alyssa Shedlosky

Carl Edens

Bradley Scott Thomas

Eric D Schneider

Jonathan Matthew Miller

Joel Daniel Krayer

Franklin Regan

Michael T VanSickler

Bert Jungheim

Andrew Leonard

Bowen Cui

Fei Yin

Shubing Liu

James Hal Godsey

Michael T Vansickler

Sharon Fluss

Edward Medri

Automated analyzer () comprising a housing (), a robotic arm comprising an end effector (), the end effector () comprising a body () rotatably connected to an articulating arm and first () and second fingers () coupled to the body () and being moveable relative to each other in a first direction, each of the fingers () having an engagement feature () projecting inwardly from each of the first and second fingers () and toward the other of the first and second fingers (). The automated analyzer () further comprises a shuttle platform () for receiving a shuttle () carrying sample containers (), the containers carrying sample () to be evaluated by the analyzer () and the shuttle platform () comprising a jaw assembly that engages the bottom portion of the sample containers when the jaw assembly is in the closed position.

Automated sample diagnostic analyzer and method for its operation

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Monkton, MD, United States of America

Brian A Self