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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Bio-rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Inventor:
Rodney C. Harris, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/10 (2006.01); G01N 1/10 (2006.01); G01V 8/12 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/10 (2013.01); G01N 1/10 (2013.01); G01N 35/1004 (2013.01); G01N 35/1011 (2013.01); G01V 8/12 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0065 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a sampler that obtains fluid samples with a probe and washes the probe during the act of withdrawing the probe from a sample container. In addition, detection of a collision of the probe and/or the wash station with another object can be quickly detected using sensors that determine if a collision situation exists.