Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Gen-probe, Inc.

Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc.

Messina, Mark

Mark Anthony Messina

Ammon David Lentz

Timothy Roy Hansen

Robert Michael Novak

Thomas Paul Borgoyn

John Thulin Page

Brian James McKeen

Robert C Aviles

Gerard J Sevigny

John Thuin Page

Richard J Obiso

Ted Carl Edens

Michael Touma

Brian Mckeen

Various embodiments of the present invention provide, for example, a system and method for automatically adjusting the inoculum level of a sample. Certain embodiments of the present invention may measure a concentration of particles present in a preliminary sample using a sensor device and determine an amount of diluent to be added to or removed from a sample container to prepare a sample having a selected concentration of particles, corresponding to a selected inoculum level. Embodiments of the present invention may also automatically add or remove the diluent using an automated fluidics system so as to prepare a sample having the selected particle concentration. Once the selected particle concentration is achieved and verified, some embodiments may also remove at least a portion of the sample from the sample container such that the container contains a selected volume of the sample.

Device for automatically adjusting the bacterial inoculum level of a sample

A system and method for automated handling of vials containing liquid medical specimens is disclosed. The robotic system processes the specimens for further downstream molecular analysis. The processing comprises automated vial cap removal, pipetting of the vial contents, transfer of the vial contents to a destination tray such as a multiwell plate, and recapping of the vial.

Sample preparation system and method for processing clinical specimens

A clamp includes a clamp body having a spring arm with first and second ends and a deflection arm with first and second ends. The deflection arm is connected at its first end to the spring arm proximate the first end thereof, and the second end of the deflection arm is opposed spatially to a protrusion extending from the spring arm proximate the second end thereof. An actuating device engaged with the deflection arm and the protrusion can be manipulated to effect relative movement of the second end of the deflection arm away from the protrusion to cause a corresponding circumferential contraction of the spring arm. The actuating device includes a force-limiting mechanism, which limits the extent by which the second end of the deflection arm is moved away from the protrusion, thereby limiting the maximum circumferential contraction of the spring arm that can be achieved. A syringe pump assembly includes a syringe pump with a mechanized syringe and a clamp, as describe above, attached to the syringe to prevent vibration-induced rotation of the syringe.

Clamp

Clamp for tubular structures and the like

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Manchester, NH, United States of America

Mark Anthony Messina