ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,028, issued on Jan. 28, 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 includes a carriage configured to move from a first to a second location of an instrument. The carriage may be configured to removably support a receptacle and may include a receptacle clamping mechanism. The receptacle mechanism may be configured to apply a clamping force to the receptacle as the carriage moves from the first to the second location...