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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2024
Gen-probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
David Aaron Buse, San Diego, CA (US);
David Opalsky, San Diego, CA (US);
Jason F. Rhubottom, Oceanside, CA (US);
Norbert D. Hagen, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jennifer Tidd, Vista, CA (US);
GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An automated method for performing an amplification reaction includes the automated steps of combining a fluid sample together with one or more amplification reaction reagents in a reaction receptacle using a first automated pipettor, thereby forming a reaction mixture, transporting the reaction receptacle to a first location of a centrifuge, subjecting the reaction mixture to centrifugation, after subjecting the reaction mixture to centrifugation, removing the reaction receptacle from a second location of the centrifuge different from the first location and placing the reaction receptacle in a thermal cycler, and in the thermal cycler, subjecting the reaction mixture to one or more temperature cycles.