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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
May. 02, 2022
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Michael T. Vansickler, Catonsville, MD (US);
Brian Austin Self, Monkton, MD (US);
Alyssa Shedlosky, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Joel Daniel Krayer, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
Automated analyzer () comprising a housing (), a robotic arm comprising an end effector (), the end effector () comprising a body () rotatably connected to an articulating arm and first () and second fingers () coupled to the body () and being moveable relative to each other in a first direction, each of the fingers () having an engagement feature () projecting inwardly from each of the first and second fingers () and toward the other of the first and second fingers (). The automated analyzer () further comprises a shuttle platform () for receiving a shuttle () carrying sample containers (), the containers carrying sample () to be evaluated by the analyzer () and the shuttle platform () comprising a jaw assembly that engages the bottom portion of the sample containers when the jaw assembly is in the closed position.