Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Michael J Touma

Dwight Livingston

Michael T VanSickler

Steven Charles Rotundo

Brian James McKeen

Kevin Bailey

Stephen Robert LaChance

Christopher John Tesluk

Gerard J Sevigny

Gerard Sevigny

Brian James Mckeen

Michael T Vansickler

Stephen Robert Lachance

Steven C Rotundo

An automated pre-analytical processing method and an apparatus for pre-analytical processing of samples to be forwarded to an adjacent analyzer for analysis. Rack label information is read and communicated to a processor. From the rack label information, the processor determines where to route the rack. The pre-analytical system has a rack robot that conveys racks to discrete locations depending upon the routing information assigned to the rack by the processor. The pre-analytical system has an automated station that reads the labels of individual sample containers in the rack that are brought to the automated station on instructions from the processor. Depending on the type of sample container and the type of sample disposed therein, the samples are either prepared for analysis by the automated station or the sample containers are directly passed through the automated station. Prepared samples and passed through samples are passed individually to a batching rack.

Automated sample preparation system for diagnostic testing of same

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Hudson, NH, United States of America

Michael J Touma