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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Qiagen Gaithersburg, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Bradley Scott Thomas, Timonium, MD (US);
Brian Austin Self, Monkton, MD (US);
Andrew Leonard, Sykesville, MD (US);
Bert Jungheim, Solingen, DE;
Eric Schneider, Catonsville, MD (US);
Franklin Regan, Baltimore, MD (US);
Bowen Cui, Rockville, MD (US);
Shubing Liu, Clarksville, MD (US);
Sharon Fluss, Sikesville, MD (US);
Qiagen Gaithersburg, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
An automated sample tube decanting system having one or more decanting grippers, a decant waste receptacle, a transporter, and means for rotating the decanting gripper. Each decanting gripper has a respective holder configured to selectively mate with a respective interface on a tube strip. The one or more decanting grippers are rotatable between a first position in which the tube strip is upright and a second position in which the tube strip is inverted. The transporter is configured to move the one or more decanting grippers in a lateral direction from a starting location to a location above the decant waste receptacle.