Device and method for sterilizing and storage of laboratory consumables

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11786617
APP PUB NO 20210162082A1
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17174200

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A method of sterilizing and storing laboratory consumables comprises slidably receiving a carrier holding a plurality of laboratory consumables into each of one or more of a plurality of storage compartments within an interior chamber defined in a housing, exposing the plurality of laboratory consumables to ultraviolet (UV) light from a UV lamp positioned above each respective storage compartment and from a UV lamp positioned below each respective storage compartment, determining from which of the plurality of storage compartments a carrier should be removed based on for which carrier a longest period of time has elapsed since going through a predefined sterilization procedure, and indicating to a user into which of the plurality of storage compartments a carrier should be placed or indicating to a user from which of the plurality of storage compartments a carrier should be removed.

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GRENOVA INC1900 ELLEN ROAD RICHMOND VA 23230-4213

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Finnigan, Thomas Patrick Richmond, US 3 11
Safavi, Ali Richmond, US 21 93

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