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AUTOMATED SAMPLE HANDLING INSTRUMENTATION, SYSTEMS, PROCESSES, AND METHODS

  • US 20130065797A1
  • Filed: 09/10/2012
  • Published: 03/14/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A processing station for automatically processing a biological sample, comprising:

  • (a) a rotatable platform capable of mixing a biological sample, wherein the platform rotates around a central axis;

    (b) two or more container holders arranged on the X-Y plane in spatially distinct locations on the rotatable platform, wherein the container holders are adapted to hold different shaped containers such that two or more different container holders are present;

    (c) a capping/decapping mechanism capable of capping/decapping the two or more different containers, wherein each of the two or more different containers have a different shape and/or a different shaped cap;

    (d) a data scanning mechanism capable of acquiring information about a container or its contents, wherein the data scanning mechanism is arranged such that the container can be scanned while positioned in one of the two or more container holders; and

    (e) a mucoid detection mechanism.

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