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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2011
Allen Keith Bates, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nils Haustein, Soergenloch, DE;
James William Johnson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Thorsten Krause, Mainz, DE;
Stephen Leonard Schwartz, Tucson, AZ (US);
Anna Wanda Topol, Jefferson Valley, NY (US);
Ulf Troppens, Mainz, DE;
Daniel James Winarski, Tucson, AZ (US);
Allen Keith Bates, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nils Haustein, Soergenloch, DE;
James William Johnson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Thorsten Krause, Mainz, DE;
Stephen Leonard Schwartz, Tucson, AZ (US);
Anna Wanda Topol, Jefferson Valley, NY (US);
Ulf Troppens, Mainz, DE;
Daniel James Winarski, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a cartridge that includes slots for storing biosample capillary tubes. The cartridge has the same form factor as data tape cartridges to allow the cartridge to be handled by the same robotic mechanisms that handle data cartridges in an automated tape library. One aspect of the disclosure concerns a cartridge comprising an enclosure that includes a movable door to provide access to a tube holder in the enclosure. The tube holder includes cylindrical holes or slots for receiving capillary tubes which contain biosamples scanned and analyzed an automated tape library.