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Apparatus and methods for dispensing sample holders

US7731899B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Biokit, S.A. · ES

Inventors

Mark Talmer · Westford, US
Paul C. Dahlstrom · Hollis, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 2007
Grant date	Jun 8, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 11, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2035/0465
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus and methods for dispensing sample holders for use in an automated sample analyzer is disclosed herein. The apparatus for dispensing sample holders includes a rotating carousel for housing stack of sample holders. Stacks of sample holders from the rotating carousel are fed into a chute where sample holders contact a set of rotating members having helical threads thereon. The helically threaded rotating members engage the sample containers and separate each sample holder from the remaining sample holders in the stack by rotation of the helically threaded rotating members. The sample holder can then be transferred for use in an automated sample analyzer.

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