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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2007
John G. Atwood, West Redding, CT (US);
Adrian Fawcett, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Keith S. Ferrara, Stratford, CT (US);
Paul M. Hetherington, Goldens Bridge, NY (US);
Richard W. Noreiks, Stratford, CT (US);
Douglas E. Olsen, New Fairfield, CT (US);
John R. Widomski, Shelton, CT (US);
Charles M. Wittmer, Trumbull, CT (US);
John G. Atwood, West Redding, CT (US);
Adrian Fawcett, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Keith S. Ferrara, Stratford, CT (US);
Paul M. Hetherington, Goldens Bridge, NY (US);
Richard W. Noreiks, Stratford, CT (US);
Douglas E. Olsen, New Fairfield, CT (US);
John R. Widomski, Shelton, CT (US);
Charles M. Wittmer, Trumbull, CT (US);
Applied Biosystems, LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising an assembly and a cover. The assembly comprises a sample block configured to receive a microtiter tray having a plurality of vials, each vial comprising a cap having a surface and a perimeter. The cover comprises a platen, vertically and horizontally displaceable in relationship to the sample block, the platen having a plurality of recesses. Each recess corresponds to a respective vial and is shaped and arranged to clear the surface of its respective cap when the cover is displaced onto the sample block. The cover includes a skirt in contact with and surrounding a perimeter of the platen. The skirt is configured for mating with a perimeter of a microtiter tray when a microtiter tray is received in the sample block, and also configured such that the cover contacts a microtiter tray when a microtiter tray is received in the sample block.