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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
May. 12, 2010
Daniel Abenaim, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Mark Tverskoy, Andover, MA (US);
Lou Poulo, Andover, MA (US);
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Abstract
A sample carrier () includes a sample support region () that supports a sample to be processed by a sample carrier processing apparatus and storage and communications circuitry () that includes a wireless interface () that wirelessly communicates with a storage component reader of the sample processing apparatus when the sample carrier is loaded in the sample processing apparatus for processing. A sample carrier processing apparatus () includes a plurality of sample carrier receiving regions () respectively configured to receive individual sample carriers carrying samples to be processed by the sample carrier processing apparatus and a plurality of storage component readers (), one for each of the plurality of sample carrier receiving regions and respectively configured to wirelessly communicate, one to one, with the sample carrier in a corresponding one of the sample carrier receiving regions.