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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2018
Gen-probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
David A. Buse, San Diego, CA (US);
David Opalsky, San Diego, CA (US);
Jason F. Rhubottom, Oceanside, CA (US);
Norbert D. Hagen, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jennifer L. Tidd, Vista, CA (US);
GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
One or more temperature cycles are applied to the contents of a processing vial closed by an interlocked cap within a thermal cycler. The processing vial and the interlocked cap are transferred from the thermal cycler to a storage compartment within the instrument with a transfer mechanism with a probe engaged with the cap. In the storage compartment, the processing vial and interlocked cap are moved to an access opening in the instrument and are removed from the instrument through the access opening.