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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Beckman Coulter Biomedical, Llc., Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Richard A. Thomas, Miami, FL (US);
Michael A. Thomas, Davie, FL (US);
Assignee:
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/85 (2006.01); F16B 7/18 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); G01N 21/05 (2006.01); H02K 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 7/182 (2013.01); G01N 21/05 (2013.01); G01N 35/1011 (2013.01); G01N 35/1079 (2013.01); H02K 7/003 (2013.01); G01N 15/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A diagnostic instrument is disclosed. The diagnostic instrument may have a highly efficient probe washer station and/or may be able to sense whether there is a tube septum on a specimen tube to be sampled. The instrument may also be able to determine where the bottom of the tube is located. The probe washer station may have a flow of saline that is used to wash both the internal cavity and the external circumference of the probe.