US Patent Issued to GEN-PROBE on Feb. 10 for "Receptacle transport system for an analytical system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,794, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to GEN-PROBE Inc. (San Diego).

"Receptacle transport system for an analytical 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: "Providing a fluid to an instrument comprises supporting a sample receptacle on a first carrier, transporting the first carrier on a conveyor adjacent a plurality of modules including at least one instrument, stopping the first carrier at the instrument, transporting the sample receptacle to a pick-up position of the instrument, transporting the sample ...