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公开(公告)号:US10605819B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-31
申请号:US16052696
申请日:2018-08-02
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Marcel Kaeppeli , Tobias Huber , Pius Hermann , Matthias Edelmann
Abstract: A transport device for a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The transport device comprises a plurality of electro-magnetic actuators and a driving surface arranged above the actuators, in which the driving surface is configured to carry sample container carriers. The driving surface is tiled and comprises a plurality of driving surface modules with driving surface elements. Support elements arranged in a grid pattern are provided. Each driving surface module is detachably mounted to a subset of the support elements. A laboratory sample distribution system and to a laboratory automation system comprising a laboratory sample distribution system are also presented.
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公开(公告)号:US10288634B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-14
申请号:US15435771
申请日:2017-02-17
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Marcel Kaeppeli
Abstract: A device for mounting a plurality of actuator modules in a grid pattern to a support frame with support bars is provided. Each actuator module has a regular polygonal basic shape with three, four or six corners. The device comprises a plurality of support brackets mountable to the support bars. Each support bracket is provided with a support structure arranged at a node of the grid pattern and having a cross element adapted to support corner regions of neighboring actuator modules at the node. A transport device comprising a plurality of actuator modules and a device for mounting the plurality of actuator modules in a grid pattern to a support frame is also provided. A laboratory sample distribution system and a laboratory automation system comprising a laboratory sample distribution system are also provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20180340951A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-29
申请号:US16052696
申请日:2018-08-02
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Marcel Kaeppeli , Tobias Huber , Pius Hermann , Matthias Edelmann
Abstract: A transport device for a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The transport device comprises a plurality of electro-magnetic actuators and a driving surface arranged above the actuators, in which the driving surface is configured to carry sample container carriers. The driving surface is tiled and comprises a plurality of driving surface modules with driving surface elements. Support elements arranged in a grid pattern are provided. Each driving surface module is detachably mounted to a subset of the support elements. A laboratory sample distribution system and to a laboratory automation system comprising a laboratory sample distribution system are also presented.
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公开(公告)号:US20170248623A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-31
申请号:US15434522
申请日:2017-02-16
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Marcel Kaeppeli , Pius Hermann
CPC classification number: G01N35/04 , B01L3/5453 , B01L9/06 , B01L2200/025 , B01L2200/18 , G01N2035/0401 , G01N2035/0406
Abstract: A sample container carrier for transporting sample containers, for example test tubes and/or vials, in a laboratory automation system is presented. The sample container carrier comprises a body having a hollow center with a central axis. The hollow center accommodates a lower end of a sample container. The sample container carrier also comprises three resiliently deformable and/or displaceable first retaining elements mounted to the body. The first retaining elements, distributed about the central axis, clamp a sample container inserted in the hollow center. The sample container carrier also comprises three resiliently deformable and/or displaceable second retaining elements mounted to the body. The second retaining elements, distributed about the central axis, clamp the sample container inserted in the hollow center underneath the three first retaining elements. The second retaining elements are arranged at least partly inside the hollow center.
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公开(公告)号:US10948508B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-16
申请号:US16743026
申请日:2020-01-15
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Hans Schneider , Eugen Lusser , Marcel Kaeppeli , Tobias Huber , Hermann Pius , Matthias Edelmann
Abstract: A transport device unit for a transport device assembled using a plurality of transport device units is presented. The transport device unit comprises a base plate module with a base plate for fixing the transport device unit to a support frame, an actuator module with a plurality of electro-magnetic actuators, where the actuator module is supported by the base plate module, and a driving surface module with a driving surface element, where the driving surface element is arranged above the actuator module covering the actuators and configured to carry sample container carriers. A transport device, a system for at least partially disassembling the transport device, and a laboratory sample distribution system comprising a transport device are also presented. In addition, a laboratory automation system comprising a laboratory sample distribution system is also presented.
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公开(公告)号:US20200209270A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-02
申请号:US16804509
申请日:2020-02-28
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Marcel Kaeppeli , Ken Mueller , Rudolf Durco
IPC: G01N35/04
Abstract: A sample container carrier, a laboratory sample distribution system comprising such a sample container carrier and a laboratory automation system comprising such a laboratory sample distribution system are presented.
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公开(公告)号:US10578632B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-03
申请号:US16052737
申请日:2018-08-02
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Hans Schneider , Eugen Lusser , Marcel Kaeppeli , Tobias Huber , Pius Hermann , Matthias Edelmann
Abstract: A transport device unit for a transport device assembled using a plurality of transport device units is presented. The transport device unit comprises a base plate module with a base plate for fixing the transport device unit to a support frame, an actuator module with a plurality of electro-magnetic actuators, where the actuator module is supported by the base plate module, and a driving surface module with a driving surface element, where the driving surface element is arranged above the actuator module covering the actuators and configured to carry sample container carriers. A transport device, a system for at least partially disassembling the transport device, and a laboratory sample distribution system comprising a transport device are also presented. In addition, a laboratory automation system comprising a laboratory sample distribution system is also presented.
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公开(公告)号:US20170248625A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-31
申请号:US15435771
申请日:2017-02-17
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Marcel Kaeppeli
CPC classification number: G01N35/04 , B65G54/02 , F16M1/00 , F16M13/02 , G01N35/026 , G01N2035/0406 , G01N2035/0477
Abstract: A device for mounting a plurality of actuator modules in a grid pattern to a support frame with support bars is provided. Each actuator module has a regular polygonal basic shape with three, four or six corners. The device comprises a plurality of support brackets mountable to the support bars. Each support bracket is provided with a support structure arranged at a node of the grid pattern and having a cross element adapted to support corner regions of neighboring actuator modules at the node. A transport device comprising a plurality of actuator modules and a device for mounting the plurality of actuator modules in a grid pattern to a support frame is also provided. A laboratory sample distribution system and a laboratory automation system comprising a laboratory sample distribution system are also provided.
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