US 12,110,535 B2
Method for reconstituting a reagent
David A. Buse, San Diego, CA (US); Norbert D. Hagen, Carlsbad, CA (US); and David Opalsky, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Gen-Probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/385,300.
Application 18/385,300 is a division of application No. 17/878,491, filed on Aug. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,834,701.
Application 17/668,775 is a division of application No. 17/036,730, filed on Sep. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,279,967, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
Application 17/878,491 is a continuation of application No. 17/668,775, filed on Feb. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,434,521, issued on Sep. 6, 2022.
Application 17/036,730 is a continuation of application No. 17/033,395, filed on Sep. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,788,115, issued on Oct. 17, 2023.
Application 17/033,395 is a continuation of application No. 16/829,230, filed on Mar. 25, 2020, granted, now 10,889,851, issued on Jan. 12, 2021.
Application 16/829,230 is a continuation of application No. 15/675,206, filed on Aug. 11, 2017, granted, now 10,711,297, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Application 15/675,206 is a continuation of application No. 14/213,900, filed on Mar. 14, 2014, granted, now 9,732,374, issued on Aug. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/784,994, filed on Mar. 14, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0060114 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. C12Q 1/6806 (2018.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01) [B01L 3/50825 (2013.01); B01L 3/565 (2013.01); B01L 7/5255 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); B01L 3/527 (2013.01); B01L 2200/026 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0689 (2013.01); B01L 2300/046 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0418 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0436 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for reconstituting a reagent comprising:
(a) receiving one or more reagent packs into a reagent pack input carousel configured to hold a plurality of reagent packs, wherein each reagent pack of the one or more reagent packs includes one or more wells and at least one well of the one or more wells contains a lyophilized reagent;
(b) with a rotary distributor, transferring one reagent pack of the one or more reagent packs from the reagent pack input carousel to a reagent pack station of a reagent pack storage carousel;
(c) retrieving the one reagent pack from the reagent pack station of the reagent pack storage carousel with the rotary distributor;
(d) placing the one reagent pack retrieved in step (c) into a reagent pack loading station; and
(e) after step (d), reconstituting at least one lyophilized reagent in the one reagent pack by dispensing a reconstitution reagent into the at least one well of the one reagent pack that contains the lyophilized reagent with an automated pipettor to form a reconstituted reagent.