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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Burlington, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Burlington, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 9/06 (2006.01); B01L 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/0092 (2013.01); B01L 9/06 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); B01L 2300/021 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0609 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0861 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0096 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00752 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0406 (2013.01); G01N 2035/047 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0465 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0472 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0484 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are high-throughput vessel receiving systems and methods of receiving sample vessels, such as samples stored in test tubes. A system for receiving a plurality of individual vessels that each contains a sample, and systems and apparatus for guiding, reorienting, collecting, and transporting a plurality of articles, including vessels, are disclosed.