Cartridge for storing biosample plates and use in automated data storage systems

US9207229B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Allen Keith Bates · Tucson, US
• Nils Haustein · Nieder-Olm, DE
• James W. Johnson · Delaware, US
• Stephen L. Schwartz · Tucson, US
• Anna W. Topol · Jefferson Valley, US
• Daniel J. Winarski · Tucson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2013
• Grant date: Dec 8, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G11B23/049
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one embodiment, a biosample storage cartridge includes an enclosure having a same form factor as a data tape cartridge configured for use in an automated tape library; and a holder disposed in the enclosure. In another embodiment, a biosample storage cartridge includes an enclosure and a holder disposed in the enclosure; the holder is configured to receive one or more biosamples, the cartridge is structurally configured to be picked by a picker of an access robot that is configured to pick a data tape cartridge in an automated tape library. In still another embodiment, an analytical system includes a bioanalysis drive configured to perform bioanalysis on one or more biosamples received from at least one biosample storage cartridge.