US Patent Issued to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS on Dec. 2 for "Enclosure device for a decapper, decapper for removing a cap from a laboratory sample container and apparatus" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,423, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS INC. (Indianapolis).

"Enclosure device for a decapper, decapper for removing a cap from a laboratory sample container and apparatus" was invented by Leon Felipe Apodaca Lujan (Markgroeningen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enclosure device for a decapper for removing a cap from a laboratory sample container, a decapper and an apparatus comprising a decapper. The decapper comprises a cap gripper comprising at least two gripping jaws. At least one of the at least two gripping jaws is displaceable between a holding position and a release position in a radial d...