US Patent Issued to GEN-PROBE on Dec. 23 for "Laboratory automated systems for transporting sample receptacle carriers" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,436, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GEN-PROBE Inc. (San Diego).

"Laboratory automated systems for transporting sample receptacle carriers" was invented by Gary Lair (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laboratory automated system includes a conveyor assembly, a dock that that is movable between first and second positions, a drive assembly for moving the dock between the first and second positions, and a diverter for diverting a sample receptacle carrier from the conveyor assembly to the dock. The dock includes a first carrier support portion having a planar surface for supporting the sample receptacle carrier as the dock m...