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Storage module, method of operating a laboratory automation system and laboratory automation system

US11226348B2 · kind B2 · utility

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72References

6Claims

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Assignee

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · US

Inventors

Urs Vollenweider · Thalwil, CH
Gottlieb Schacher · Kriens, CH
Goran Savatic · Baar, CH
Marco Maetzler · Belmont, US
Christoph Ludwig · Radeberg, DE
Christian Loewenstein · Zürich, CH
Yves Laloux · Baar, CH
Rik Harbers · Zürich, CH
Matthias Edelmann · Winnenden, DE
Andreas Drechsler · Baar, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 15, 2017
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 24, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2035/0498
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A storage module for a laboratory automation system, a method of operating a laboratory automation system, and a laboratory automation system are presented. Items used by laboratory stations are stored centrally in a storage module and can be transported to the laboratory stations using a laboratory sample distribution system.

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