US 12,332,261 B2
Device of distribution of impregnated supports and associated method
Mario Savarese, Brescia (IT); Salvatore Balzano, Brescia (IT); Laura Navarria, Brescia (IT); Guido Schinetti, Brescia (IT); and Andrea Bonatti, Brescia (IT)
Assigned to Copan Italia S.p.A., Brescia (IT)
Filed by COPAN ITALIA S.p.A., Brescia (IT)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/457,552.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000024830 (IT), filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0122063 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 35/04 (2013.01) [G01N 2035/0429 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. Device for distributing supports impregnated with antibiotics, comprising:
a main dispenser, provided with a plurality of seats configured to house a corresponding plurality of tubular containers, each one containing a plurality of supports impregnated with antibiotics and stacked,
rotating housing having a plurality of collection seats arranged on the rotating housing and configured to receive one of the plurality of supports,
an extractor, configured for extracting at least a first support from an end of a first tubular container housed in a respective seat of the main dispenser, and for moving the first support between a first position inside the first container and a second position extracted from the first container,
wherein, when in said second position, the at least a first support is arranged on the rotating housing,
a collector, configured for collecting the first support from the second position and for transporting the first support from the rotating housing towards a culture plate.