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US 12,643,107 B2Granted
Method of loading consumables into a sample processing instrument
AssigneeGen-Probe Incorporated
InventorByron Knight
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Abstract
A method of loading consumables into a sample processing instrument. In the method, a tray storing sample processing consumables is aligned with a support cavity defined by a support of the sample processing instrument. A flange is contacted with a portion of the support, where the flange extends outward from a wall of a cover coupled to the tray. The cover is decoupled from the tray by pressing a panel of the cover, and the tray is seated in the support cavity.
Claims18
A method of loading consumables into a sample processing instrument, comprising:
- (a) aligning a tray of an assembly with a support cavity of a support, the support being a component of the sample processing instrument, and the assembly further including a cover, wherein a side wall of the cover is coupled to the tray in a press fit, and wherein a plurality of sample processing consumables are stored in the tray;
- (b) contacting a flange of the cover with a support wall of the support, wherein the flange extends outward from the side wall of the cover, and wherein the support wall extends upward from a support base of the support, the support wall and the support base defining the support cavity;
- (c) decoupling the cover from the tray, the decoupling comprising applying a downward force to a top panel of the cover, thereby overcoming the press fit between the side wall of the cover and the tray, wherein the top panel is disposed above the support cavity;
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- (d) as a result of step (c), seating the tray in the support cavity.
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A method of loading consumables into a sample processing instrument, comprising:
- (a) aligning a tray of an assembly with a cavity of a support, the support being a component of the sample processing instrument, and the assembly further including a cover, wherein a side wall of the cover is coupled to the tray in a press fit, and wherein a plurality of consumables are stored in the tray;
- (b) decoupling the cover from the tray, the decoupling comprising applying a downward force to a top panel of the cover, thereby overcoming the press fit between the side wall of the cover and the tray, wherein the top panel is disposed above the cavity of the support;
- (c) generating sensory feedback when the cover is decoupled from the tray;
- (d) as a result of step (c), seating the tray in the cavity of the support of the sample processing instrument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.