ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,791, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to GEN-PROBE Inc. (San Diego).
"Receptacle delivery system" was invented by Rolf Silbert (Del Mar, Calif.), HongRan Peng (San Diego), David Aaron Buse (San Diego) and David H. Combs (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle delivery system for an instrument includes a carriage, a puck supported by the carriage, and a first shelf. The carriage is configured to move from a first location of the instrument to a second location of the instrument. The puck is configured to removably support a receptacle such that a longitudinal axis of the receptacle is substantially coincident with a vert...