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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2001
Edward Francis Farina, Oxford, PA (US);
Bruce McLean Gemmell, Wilmington, DE (US);
John Charles Mazza, Newark, DE (US);
Michael Taylor McVey, Middletown, DE (US);
Edward Stephen Kaminski, Elkton, MD (US);
Antoine Elias Haddad, Newark, DE (US);
Peter Louis Gebrian, Wilmington, DE (US);
Dade MicroScan Inc., Sacramento, CA (US);
Abstract
A circular shaped rotor to facilitate automated identification testing of microorganisms in a microbiology analyzer having two circular arrays of microwells downwardly projecting from the top of the rotor connected to a recessed central region by a plurality of microchannels formed in the upper surface and connecting the recessed central portion to the second plurality of microwells; the rotor is further adapted to be rotated by a source of rotational energy and moved throughout the analyzer using troughs formed near its outer diameter.