Sample preparation module

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a sample preparation module according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a view showing an example use thereof.

Some of the broken lines in FIGS. 1, 2, 7, and 8 illustrate portions of the diagnostic testing module that form no part of the claimed design. The remaining broken lines in FIGS. 1, 2, 7, and 8, as well as the broken lines in the remaining figures illustrate environmental structure that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a sample preparation module, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D920145
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 29, 2019
Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company (Franklin Lakes, NJ)
Inventors: Dwight Livingston (Fallston, MD), Michael T. VanSickler (Columbia, MD), Christopher John Murray (Philadelphia, PA), John Depler Coleman (Philadelphia, PA), Mathieu Dominic Turpault (Philadelphia, PA)
Primary Examiner: Michael C Stout
Assistant Examiner: Fritzgerald L Butac
Application Number: 29/703,740