US 11,686,739 B2
Integrated consumable data management system and platform
Manish Kochar, Rockville, MD (US); Peter J. Bosco, Rockville, MD (US); Ian D. Chamberlin, Fulton, MD (US); Bandele Jeffrey-Coker, Darnestown, MD (US); Eric M. Jones, Frederick, MD (US); Aaron H. Leimkuehler, Upper St. Claire, PA (US); Kim-Xuan Nguyen, Montgomery Village, MD (US); Pankaj Oberoi, Rockville, MD (US); Louis W. Pang, Sandy Spring, MD (US); Jennifer Parker, Frederick, MD (US); Victor Pellicier, Monrovia, MD (US); Nicholas Sammons, Rockville, MD (US); George Sigal, Rockville, MD (US); Jacob N. Wohlstadter, Potomac, MD (US); Stanley T. Smith, Schwenksville, PA (US); Carl C. Stevens, Silver Spring, MD (US); Rodger D. Osborne, Stuart, FL (US); and Kenneth E. Page, Martinsburg, WV (US)
Assigned to MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC., Rockville, MD (US)
Filed by Meso Scale Technologies, LLC., Rockville, MD (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/412,688.
Application 17/412,688 is a continuation of application No. 16/319,731, granted, now 11,119,111, previously published as PCT/US2017/014360, filed on Jan. 20, 2017.
Application 16/319,731 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2016/043755, filed on Jul. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/195,956, filed on Jul. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0389338 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 35/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01)
CPC G01N 35/0099 (2013.01) [B01L 3/50853 (2013.01); B01L 9/523 (2013.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); B01L 2200/143 (2013.01); B01L 2300/021 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00356 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40269 (2013.01); H04B 1/3827 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated assay system comprising:
a robotic gripper arm and a robotic pipettor;
at least one of a plate carrier or a tip box carrier;
a plurality of plate shakers;
an assay consumable storage unit for assay reagents;
an assay consumable storage unit for plates; and
at least one of a platform or a table,
wherein the assay consumable storage unit for plates is attached to a front edge of the platform or table in a cantilevered manner,
wherein the plate carrier or the tip box carrier is located behind the assay consumable storage unit for plates, and
wherein the plurality of plate shakers are located toward a back of the platform.