US Patent Issued to GEN-PROBE on Jan. 28 for "Receptacle transport system for an analytical system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,030, issued on Jan. 28, 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: "A method of delivering a receptacle to an instrument includes the steps of supporting a receptacle containing a fluid on a carrier, transporting the carrier supporting the receptacle on a conveyor extending adjacent to each of a plurality of instruments, transferring the receptacle from the carrier to a puck supported on a carriage when the carriage is...