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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Instrumentation Laboratory Company, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Blouin, Townsend, MA (US);
Gregory Murphy, Lowell, MA (US);
Diana Mackenzie, Waltham, MA (US);
Alan Weeks, S. Eaton, MA (US);
Daniel Kobrenski, North Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Instrumentation Laboratory Company, Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/02 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); B01L 99/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/026 (2013.01); B01L 3/021 (2013.01); B01L 99/00 (2013.01); G01N 35/1004 (2013.01); G01N 35/1011 (2013.01); G01N 35/1079 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0672 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01); G01N 2035/1006 (2013.01); Y10T 436/114998 (2015.01); Y10T 436/2575 (2015.01);
Abstract
A clinical diagnostic sample analyzer for analyzing a sample of a patient is disclosed. The analyzer includes a telescoping closed-tube sampling assembly with a sample probe concentrically housed within a piercing probe and a venting mechanism. The closed-tube sampling assembly is used for aspirating a sample from a sample tube for analysis by a clinical diagnostic sample analyzer.