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Measuring apparatus for a liquid handling apparatus for measuring pipetting container, article for said measuring apparatus and corresponding measuring method

US12044691B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EPPENDORF SE · DE

Inventors

Markus Lapczyna · Kaltenkirchen, DE
Uwe Dunker · Hamburg, DE
Burkhardt Reichmuth · Hamburg, DE
Maik Radke · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 27, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 2, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/50133
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A measuring apparatus usable in a liquid handling apparatus, and method, for detecting a deformed pipetting container using a first and a second measuring device, the measuring apparatus being configured to determine the position of an end region of the pipetting container as a f unction of a position of a measurement support section of the pipetting container as relative position data in a data storage device, so that subsequently the position of the end region of the pipetting container can be determined by measuring the position of the measurement support section and from the relative position data.

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