US 12,392,791 B2
Receptacle delivery system
Rolf Silbert, Del Mar, CA (US); HongRan Peng, San Diego, CA (US); David Aaron Buse, San Diego, CA (US); and David H. Combs, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Gen-Probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/429,170.
Application 18/429,170 is a continuation of application No. 17/608,745, granted, now 12,210,028, previously published as PCT/US2020/030481, filed on Apr. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,019, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/842,585, filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0168043 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 35/04 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/06 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 35/04 (2013.01) [B01L 3/5453 (2013.01); B01L 9/06 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 47/902 (2013.01); G01N 35/00584 (2013.01); G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); G01N 35/1079 (2013.01); B01L 2300/021 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01); B65G 2203/044 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00752 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0406 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0494 (2013.01); G01N 2035/103 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A receptacle delivery system for an instrument, comprising:
a carriage configured to move from a first location of the instrument to a second location of the instrument;
a puck supported by the carriage, wherein the puck is configured to removably support a receptacle such that a longitudinal axis of the receptacle is substantially coincident with a vertical axis of the puck; and
a first shelf positioned at the second location of the instrument, wherein the first shelf comprises (a) a base extending substantially transverse to the vertical axis of the puck and (b) a first opening formed in the base, wherein, when the carriage is positioned at the second location, the longitudinal axis of a receptacle seated in the puck extends through the first opening, and wherein a top surface of the base comprises a recessed pathway defined between a projection extending upward from the top surface of the base and a sidewall circumscribing the base.