Carrier for holding test samples
CA 2535869 C · Owner: Biomerieux, Inc. · Inventors: Fanning, Mark Joseph; Hopper, Douglas L.; Bishop, James Clement
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A carrier for holding up to N test sample devices as they are moved through a sample testing instrument. Each of the test sample devices are held in a receiving structure such as a slot in the carrier. The carrier also includes N optical interrupt positioning features each placed in registry with one of , the receiving structures (and thereby in registry with the test sample device). The instrument includes fixed optical interrupt sensors for detecting the position of the positioning feature as the carrier is moved through the instrument. In the illustrated embodiment the position features comprise , voids formed in a rib on the lower surface of the carrier. The optical interrupt …
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- Filed August 13, 2004 and granted March 20, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 13, 2024.
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