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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ronald Chang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Montgomery, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gregory Mote, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brian Bliven, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/02 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/025 (2013.01); G01N 35/00029 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G01N 35/00871 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00148 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00158 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00326 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00356 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00445 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00881 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0425 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0427 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0451 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0453 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0465 (2013.01);
Abstract
A handling system for high throughput processing of a large volume of biological samples is provided herein. Such systems can include an array support assembly that supports multiple diagnostic assay modules in an array having at least two dimensions, a loader that loads multiple diagnostic assay cartridges within the multiple diagnostic assay modules. The array support assembly can be movable relative the loader to facilitate loading and unloading so as to provide more efficient processing.