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Apparatus for preferably automatic handling and/or processing of objects

US7713476B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Kapplein · St. Leon-Rot, DE
Robert Gropp · Schifferstadt, DE
Peter Scheck · Wiesloch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 26, 2001
Grant date	May 11, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 18, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/114998
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for preferably automatic handling and/or processing of objects (1), in particular in the field of medical technology, having at least one processing station (3) and one object carrier (2) for bringing the object (1) to the processing station (3), optionally through the processing station (3), and away from the processing station (3), is characterized in that the object carrier (2) has a code; that data concerning the object (1) and/or the handling or processing of the object (1) can be assigned to the code; and that the data can be read or retrieved by way of the code.

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