US 12,325,598 B2
Multi-sample container disposal module and disposal system
Shoujun Luo, Ningbo (CN); Qinhong Xu, Ningbo (CN); and Jianshuai Jiang, Ningbo (CN)
Assigned to NINGBO FIRST HOSPITAL, Ningbo (CN); and ZHEJIANG GONGDONG MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Taizhou (CN)
Filed by NINGBO FIRST HOSPITAL, Ningbo (CN); and ZHEJIANG GONGDONG MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Taizhou (CN)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/648,009.
Claims priority of application No. 202110101437.4 (CN), filed on Jan. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234842 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01F 33/302 (2022.01); B01F 33/3033 (2022.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/80 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6848 (2018.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01); G01N 21/29 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/80 (2013.01) [B01L 9/00 (2013.01); B01L 2200/04 (2013.01); B01L 2200/082 (2013.01); B01L 2200/18 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-sample container disposal module, characterized by comprising:
a discharging mechanism comprising a storage box, the storage box being internally provided with a storage space for storing a sample container and two ends of the storage space being respectively provided with a feeding end and a falling end, wherein the storage space is internally provided with a partition plate to divide the storage space into a first storage cavity and a second storage cavity;
a transition mechanism, two ends of which are respectively a receiving end and a discharging end, wherein the receiving end is provided with a receiving rack for receiving the sample container falling from the falling end, the discharging end is provided with a rotating structure that exposes a blank region on the sample container completely, and a driving structure that transports the sample container on the receiving rack to the rotating structure is arranged between the receiving rack and the rotating structure; and
a printing mechanism located above the transition mechanism, wherein the printing mechanism comprises a laser head, and position of an emission light source of the laser head corresponds to a position of the rotating structure up and down;
the feeding end is provided with a single feed inlet or two feed inlets, wherein when there are two feed inlets, the two feed inlets are respectively located in two sides of the storage box and are correspondingly communicated with the first storage cavity and the second storage cavity, respectively; and the discharging end is provided with a single discharge hole or two discharge holes, wherein when there are two discharge holes, the two discharge holes are formed in parallel and are communicated with the first storage cavity and the second storage cavity, respectively.