US Patent 7807476 Vial system and method for processing liquid-based specimens

Patent 7807476 was granted and assigned to Hologic, Inc. on October, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Hologic, Inc.

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

78074760

Patent Inventor Names

Norman J. Pressman0

William J. Mayer0

Date of Patent

October 5, 2010

Patent Application Number

127320780

Date Filed

March 25, 2010

Patent Primary Examiner

Alfred Worden

Patent abstract

A vial-based system and method for handling and processing specimens of particulate matter-containing liquid directly in the vial. A processing assembly, which includes a stirrer and a particulate matter separation chamber, is releasably coupled to the inside of the vial cover. The processing assembly remains with the cover when the vial is opened to insert a specimen therein. Application of a particular external force to the closed vial detaches the processing assembly from the cover so that it remains in the vial, for access by automated or manual laboratory equipment, when the cover is subsequently removed.