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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Aaron Kehrer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Nathaniel C. Bair, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Kehrer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Nathaniel C. Bair, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Accuri Cytometers, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2006.01); G01N 35/08 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A plate handling system for a sampling device with a drawtube that includes a vertical actuation system that adjusts the vertical distance between the drawtube and a sample tray, a horizontal linkage system that positions a sample tray in a horizontal plane, and a drive system that drives the rotational motion of the horizontal linkage system. The horizontal linkage system includes a base arm that rotates about a base joint, and a sample arm that rotates about a sample arm joint on the base arm.