APPARATUS FOR GRIPPING AND HOLDING DIAGNOSTIC CASSETTES Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC G01N35/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group contains devices for capturing products in the form of a cassette and methods of capturing products in the form of a cassette. In this apparatus for gripping articles in the form of a cassette comprises a support housing, a linear actuator movable along an axis x relative to the support, a set of jaws for gripping articles in the form of cassettes, wherein each clip has proximal and distal ends and a distal end adapted for gripping articles in the form of cassette, the movable assembly disposed at the proximal end of each jaw for its connection to a linear actuator assembly relative to a fixed support, located between the proximal and distal m ends of each jaw of each clamp for connecting with a support, wherein a fixed unit is located indirectly on the terminals and is connected with them by means of the clutch and the movable component at the terminals and wherein movement of the linear actuator provides movement of the movable assembly along the x and y axes, thereby rotating the clamps around the fixed assembly, which leads to the opening and closing of the clamps.

EFFECT: creation of an apparatus capable of operating in a confined space having a minimum number of parts capable of capturing cassettes with samples with a significant offset and imparting movement to the apparatus, in particular facilitating the capture and retention of sample containers that are not in the form of a test tube.

11 cl, 8 dwg