Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc.

Sharon Fluss

Eric D Schneider

Bradley Scott Thomas

Brian A Self

Bert Jungheim

Andrew Leonard

Franklin Regan

Bowen Cui

Shubing Liu

An automated sample tube decanting system having one or more decanting grippers, a decant waste receptacle, a transporter, and means for rotating the decanting gripper. Each decanting gripper has a respective holder configured to selectively mate with a respective interface on a tube strip. The one or more decanting grippers are rotatable between a first position in which the tube strip is upright and a second position in which the tube strip is inverted. The transporter is configured to move the one or more decanting grippers in a lateral direction from a starting location to a location above the decant waste receptacle.

Automated pelletized sample decanting apparatus and methods

Growing community of inventors

Sikesville, MD, United States of America

Sharon Fluss