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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11524301 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2020

Molecular diagnostic assay system

Applicant:

Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Douglas B Dority, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Tien Phan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

David Fromm, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Richard J. Casler, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Dustin Dickens, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Stuart Morita, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Matthew Piccini, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Kathryn Wright

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 7/00 (2006.01); H02P 6/182 (2016.01); H02P 27/06 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 7/52 (2013.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); G01N 35/00871 (2013.01); G01N 35/1016 (2013.01); G01N 35/1095 (2013.01); H02P 6/182 (2013.01); H02P 27/06 (2013.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2200/04 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2200/143 (2013.01); B01L 2300/023 (2013.01); B01L 2300/027 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0663 (2013.01); B01L 2300/14 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1822 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1827 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1894 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0436 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0439 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0496 (2013.01); G01N 33/4875 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00019 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00316 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00356 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0221 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0256 (2013.01); G01N 2800/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Improved sub-assemblies and methods of control for use in a diagnostic assay system adapted to receive an assay cartridge are provided herein. Such sub-assemblies include: a brushless DC motor, a door opening/closing mechanism and cartridge loading mechanism, a syringe and valve drive mechanism assembly, a sonication horn, a thermal control device and optical detection/excitation device. Such systems can further include a communications unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile device of a user so as to receive a user input relating to functionality of the system with respect to an assay cartridge received therein and relaying a diagnostic result relating to the assay cartridge to the mobile device.

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