Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surface detection and picktool manipulator
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Application No.: US15560048Application Date: 2016-03-30
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Publication No.: US10557113B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Martijn Xander Berntsen , Jurjen Sinnema , Martijn Kleefstra
- Applicant: BD KIESTRA B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Drachten
- Assignee: BD KIESTRA B.V.
- Current Assignee: BD KIESTRA B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Drachten
- Agency: Botos Churchill IP Law LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/056910 WO 20160330
- International Announcement: WO2016/156390 WO 20161006
- Main IPC: C12M1/00
- IPC: C12M1/00 ; C12M1/36 ; C12N1/02 ; C12Q1/24 ; G01N35/00 ; G01N35/10 ; C12M1/26

Abstract:
A picktool manipulator device collects a specimen from a culture medium. In a first mode of operation, a picktool is allowed to move in an axial direction relative to support structure of the device. A detector may generate a signal in response to movement of the body in the axial direction so as to determine a height at which the picktool contacts the medium. The device may operate in the first mode when collecting a specimen from a culture medium. A second mode of operation constrains or precludes axial movement of the picktool. In some cases, the device may operate in the second mode when receiving a new picktool or discarding a used picktool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180072982A1 SURFACE DETECTION AND PICKTOOL MANIPULATOR Public/Granted day:2018-03-15
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