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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2004
Applicant:
Craig R. Veiner, Miami, FL (US);
Inventor:
Craig R. Veiner, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Fullerton, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetic specimen-transport system for transporting racks of specimen-containers to or within an automated clinical instrument for analysis and/or processing. The magnetic specimen-transport system that is adapted to transport magnetically-attractable racks of specimen-containers in mutually perpendicular (X/Y) directions across a rack-supporting surface, whereby the racks can be transported among various non-linearly aligned positions on such surface.