Northwestern University

Quidel Corporation

Sirius Automation Group Inc.

Lawrence Markus

Tom Westberg

Mark James Fisher

David M Kelso

Kunal Sur

Zaheer Parpia

Justin Lu

Ashley Danielle Cramer

Jacqueline R Groves

Presented are automatic end-of-arm tool changing devices, methods for making/using such tool changing devices, and automated robotic systems with such tool changing devices. A tool changing device for an automated robotic system includes a quick-change (QC) interlock subassembly that attaches to an end effector. The QC subassembly includes a housing, one or more locking pins movable on the QC housing, and one or more anchor pins projecting from the QC housing. A finger block (FB) subassembly, which performs a task on a target object, includes a housing, a robot tool mounted to the FB housing, and one or more key slots and one or more pin holes in the FB housing. Each key slot receives an anchor pin; once the anchor pin is slid to a locking end of the key slot, each locking pin automatically slides into a pin hole to thereby lock together the QC and FB subassemblies.

Automatic end-of-arm tool changers for automated robotic systems

A device for extraction or isolation of an analyte, such as a nucleic acid, a protein, or a cell, from a sample, and in particular from a biological sample is described. Methods of using the device are also described.

Device for isolating an analyte from a sample, and methods of use

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Lawrence Markus