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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Tumkur R. Vijay, Newark, DE (US);
David R. Thompson, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Inventors:
Tumkur R. Vijay, Newark, DE (US);
David R. Thompson, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 9/06 (2006.01); G01N 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A small sample cup rack adapter having a spring biased plunger moveably disposed within a generally cylindrical outer body, with the plunger adapted to support a small sample cup within the outer body. After initial contact between an aspiration probe and the bottom of the small sample cup, the probe may be lowered an additional distance, minimizing the 'dead volume' of sample.