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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2012
Rolf Silbert, Del Mar, CA (US);
David Opalsky, San Diego, CA (US);
David Aaron Buse, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert J. Rosati, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Olev Tammer, New York, NY (US);
Rolf Silbert, Del Mar, CA (US);
David Opalsky, San Diego, CA (US);
David Aaron Buse, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert J. Rosati, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Olev Tammer, New York, NY (US);
GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a processing station for automatically processing a biological sample, a system for automated real-time inventory control of consumables within a biological sample handling or assay instrument, a high throughput random access automated instrument for processing biological samples, an automated instrument for processing or analysis of a sample, and processes for automated mucoid detection and elimination. Methods of using the disclosed instruments, mucoid detection processes, and systems to process and/or analyze samples are also disclosed.