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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2014
Applicants:
Alexander V. Drynkin, San Ramon, CA (US);
David B. Miller, Orinda, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander V. Drynkin, San Ramon, CA (US);
David B. Miller, Orinda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); B25J 15/10 (2013.01); G01N 35/109 (2013.01); Y10S 901/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robotic picker with a pick head unit for a robotic tube handler that provides for automated transport and sampling of laboratory tubes, the picker having a prong picker with a multiple of depending pick prongs optimized for an orthogonal arrangement of tubes, typically in a tube rack, wherein the pick head unit has a mechanism for shifting the radial orientation of the pick head unit to accommodate both orthogonal and diagonal arrangements of laboratory tubes.