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Laboratory device, laboratory rack assembly and method for coupling an RFID chip

US8400306B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Heinz Trueeb · Ebikon, CH
Armin Birrer · Udligenswil, CH
Thomas Brauner · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2009
Grant date	Mar 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 1, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K7/10316
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Devices and methods for the identification of test tubes in a test tube rack having a RFID chip, and including an antenna structure elements for wireless coupling with the RFID chip, such that the location of the RFID chip determines the orientation of the test tube rack and the position of the test tube, and coupling of the RFID chips attached to the test tube racks is independent of the direction of insertion of the test tube rack.

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