US 11,731,124 B2
Sample test cards
Bruno Colin, Marcy l'Etoile (FR); Raymond O'Bear, Granite City, MO (US); and Cecile Paris, Bessenay (FR)
Assigned to BIOMERIEUX, INC., Durham, NC (US)
Filed by bioMerieux, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/278,355.
Application 16/278,355 is a continuation of application No. 15/666,214, filed on Aug. 1, 2017, granted, now 10,252,262.
Application 15/666,214 is a continuation of application No. 13/267,158, filed on Oct. 6, 2011, granted, now 9,757,723, issued on Sep. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/391,236, filed on Oct. 8, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2019/0176146 A1, Jun. 13, 2019
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/5025 (2013.01) [B01L 3/502723 (2013.01); B01L 3/523 (2013.01); B01L 3/527 (2013.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/141 (2013.01); B01L 2200/143 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0654 (2013.01); B01L 2300/087 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0829 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0893 (2013.01); B01L 2400/049 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sample test card comprising:
a card body defining:
a first surface comprising a first edge defining a first axis;
at least one sample well defining a well opening in the first surface, the at least one sample well comprising a first sample well; and
at least one stop hole comprising a first stop hole, the first stop hole positioned proximate to the first edge,
wherein a leading edge of the first stop hole is the edge of the first stop hole closest to the first edge of the first surface, the leading edge offset from a leading edge of the first sample well in a first direction parallel to the first axis, such that the first stop hole is configured to align with a photodetector before the first sample well is aligned for optical reading in an instance in which the card body is moving relative to the photodetector in the first direction along the first axis, and
wherein the first stop hole overlaps with the first sample well relative to the first direction parallel to the first axis, such that at least a portion of the first stop hole and at least a portion of the first sample well intersect a plane extending perpendicular to the first axis.