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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2020
Gen-probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
David Buse, San Diego, CA (US);
Norbert D. Hagen, Carlsbad, CA (US);
David Opalsky, San Diego, CA (US);
Bruce Richardson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Anita Prasad, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Tyler Moore, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Byron J. Knight, San Diego, CA (US);
GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A receptacle cap includes a probe recess configured to receive a probe inserted therein to thereby frictionally secure the receptacle cap to the probe, and a closed lower end of the receptacle is insertable into an open end of a reaction receptacle to close the reaction receptacle. The receptacle cap and the reaction receptacle include interlocking features for securing the receptacle cap to the reaction receptacle.