US 12,461,117 B2
Sample receiving system
David Wilson, Avon, CT (US); Jay Krajewski, Windsor, CT (US); and Kevin Meyer, Simsbury, CT (US)
Assigned to Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Burlington, NC (US)
Filed by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Burlington, NC (US)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/744,103.
Application 17/744,103 is a continuation of application No. 16/263,895, filed on Jan. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,372,011.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/624,450, filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/624,530, filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/624,359, filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/624,419, filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/624,486, filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341953 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 35/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/06 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 35/0092 (2013.01) [B01L 9/06 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); B01L 2300/021 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0609 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0861 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00752 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0096 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0406 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0465 (2013.01); G01N 2035/047 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0472 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0484 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for guiding a plurality of vessels, comprising:
a plurality of chutes comprising an inlet and an outlet;
a plurality of alignment components comprising a first side and a second side, wherein the first side comprises a first element and a diverter, wherein the first element and the diverter are connected to and protrude from the first side of each of the plurality of alignment components, and wherein the first element and the diverter are perpendicular to the first side of each of the plurality of alignment components; and
a plurality of encasing panels configured in a row, wherein the row has a first end and a second end, wherein the row has an encasing panel at the first end of the row and an encasing panel at the second end of the row,
wherein the plurality of alignment components and the plurality of encasing panels are positioned in a vertical orientation with an encasing panel in contact with and separating each of the plurality of alignment components in the row to form each of the plurality of chutes,
wherein the diverter separates the inlet of each of the plurality of chutes into a first inlet and a second inlet and guides each of the plurality of vessels through a first path of each of the plurality of chutes to the outlet or through a second path of each of the plurality of chutes to the outlet.